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than the orbit; canthus rostrahs strong; loreal region concave; 

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, ^j^ to -/a the diameter of the eye. Disks of fingers 

 larger than the tympanum; fingers webbed at the base; toes 

 webbed to the disks of the third and fifth and to the penulti- 

 mate phalanx of the fourth ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; 

 a very small inner metatarsal tubercle ; the heel reaches the 

 tip of the snout or a little beyond. 



Skin free from the skull, smooth, or with small warts above, 

 granular beneath; a strong curved fold above the tympanum; 

 heel sometimes with a small conical tubercle. 



Grey, olive, or reddish brown above, uniform or marbled 

 with darker, or with large insuliform spots; a light line may 

 run along the canthus rostralis and supraciliary edge; dirty 

 white or brown beneath. From snout to vent 66 mm. 



Male with an external subgular vocal sac. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Mt. Victoria, Owen Stanley Range; 

 Moroka, 700 m.). 



2. Nyctimantis granti Blgr. 



Nyctimantis Granti Boulenger, Transact. Zool. Soc. London, XX, pt. 5, 1914, 

 p. 249, pi. XXVII, fig. 2. 



Tongue circular, nicked and slightly free behind ; vomerine 

 teeth in two transverse series between the large choanae. 

 Head moderate, much broader than long; snout rounded, shorter 

 than the orbit ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region very 

 oblique, slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyehd; tympanum very indistinct, about '/a the diameter 

 of the eye. Disks of fingers \ the diameter of the eye; 

 outer fingers Y3 webbed ; toes webbed to the disks of the 

 third and fifth and to the penultimate phalanx of the fourth; 

 subarticular tubercles moderate ; a very small inn-er metatarsal 

 tubercle ; the heel reaches the tip of the snout. 



Skin free from the skull, smooth above, granular on the 

 belly and under the thighs ; a strong curved fold above the 

 tympanum. 



Purplish grey above, vermiculate with black; flanks and 

 sides of thighs lilac ; lower parts whitish. From snout to 

 vent 100 mm. 



Habitat:. New Guinea (Utakwa riv.. 900 m.). 



