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S y n o p s i s o f t h e G e n e r a. 



A. Nostrils lateral. 



I. Fingers webbed I. Ncctophryne p. 66. 



II. Fingers free , .... 2. Bufo p. 72. 



B. Nostrils directed upwards, on upper surface of snout . 3. FscuJolmfo p. 92. 



I. Nectophryne Buchh. & Ptrs. 



(BucHHOLZ und Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Berlin (1S75), 1876, p. 202). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue elliptical, entire, free behind. No 

 vomerine teeth. Nostrils lateral. Fingers and toes webbed, 

 the tips dilated. Outer metatarsals united. 



No omosternum; sternum cartilaginous. Diapophyses of sacral 

 vertebra strongly dilated. Terminal phalanges T-shaped. 



Distribution: Malay Peninsula; western part of the Indo- 

 Australian Archipelago ; Africa. 



Synopsis oft heSpecies. 



A. Third finger half webbed \. N. viiscra p. 66. 



B. P^ngers at most '/g webbed. 



I. Heel not reaching the tip of the snout. 



1. A tarsal fold present 7.. N. Jios'ii p. 67. 



2. No tarsal fold. 



a. Diameter of tympanum less than that of the 

 eye. Two metatarsal tubercles. 



K. Fingers webbed at the base, first ^/^ the 



length of second 3. -A^- cverctti p. 68. 



/3. Fingers '/s webbed, first hardly half as 



long as second \. N. giic/ii/icri p. 68. 



b. Diameter of tympanum equal to that of the 



eye. One metatarsal tubercle S- ^- wrtry^V/j- p. 69. 



II. Heel reaching at least the tip of the snout. 



1. Tympanum very distinct, ^/^ the width of the eye. 6. A'', sig/iata p. 70. 



2. Tympanum more or less distinct, about '/^ to '/2 



the width of the eye 7. A^. borbonica p. 70 



3. Tympanum hidden or absent. 



a. Canthus rostralis angular 8. A^. macjilata p. 71. 



b. Canthus rostralis absent 9. A^. picturaia p. 72. 



I. Nectophryne misera Mocq. 



Ncctophryne misera Mocquard, Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'Hist. nat., (3) II, 1890, p. 161, 



pi. XI, fig. 7, and: Le Naturaliste, (2) XII, 1890, p. 182. 

 Ncctophryne iirisera Roux, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, igo6, I, p. 59. 



