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Habit slender. Head short; snout obliquely truncate, as long 

 as the eye; canthus rostralis angular; loreal region vertical; 

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum 

 hidden. Limbs slender; tips of fingers dilated, truncate; tips 

 of toes less dilated than those of fingers; fingers webbed at 

 the base; toes -/^ webbed; metatarsal tubercles distinct, the 

 outer more prominent than the inner; the heel reaches far 

 beyond the tip of the snout. 



Upper and lower parts with large granulations. 



Brownish grey above, with small, irregular, isolated or con- 

 fluent spots, for.ning more or less distinct transverse bars on 

 the lim.bs; lighter beneath. From snout to vent 51 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu). 



9. Nectophryne picturata Smith. 



Neclophryne picliirata Smith, Jrn. Feder. Malay St. Mus., X, 1921, p. 189, 

 pi. II, fig. 2. 



Habit slender. Head as long as broad; snout rounded, pro- 

 jecting, as long as the orbit; no canthus rostralis; loreal region 

 oblique; interorbital space twice the width of the upper eye- 

 lid; no tympanum. Disks of fingers well developed, truncated, 

 those of toes a little larger; first finger much shorter than 

 second; fingers and toes webbed at the base; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed; two flat metatarsal tubercles; no 

 tarsal fold ; the heel reaches the tip of the snout. 



Skin smooth. No parotoid gland. 



Above blackish brown, the limbs paler with dark cross-bars; 

 below with large round spots of pale yellow. From snout to 

 vent 22 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Dulit, 1000 m.). 



2. Bufo Laur. 



(Laurenti, Synopsis Rept., Viennae, 1768, p. 25). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue entire and free behind. No vome- 

 rine teeth. Nostrils lateral. Fingers free, toes more or less 

 webbed, the tips simple or dilated into small disks. Outer 

 metatarsals united. 



No omosternum; sternum cartilaginous, sometimes more or 

 less calcified. Uiapophyses of sacral vertebra moderately dilated. 

 Terminal phalanges obtuse or triangular. 



