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snout than eye ; interorbital space as broad as or a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, close to the 

 eye, its vertical diameter - 3 to ^/^ the width of the eye. 

 Fingers and toes with blunt tips ; first finger extending dis- 

 tinctly beyond second, which is shorter than fourth ; third 

 toe longer than fifth; toes feebly webbed; subarticular tuber- 

 cles single ; two rather large metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal 

 fold; the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches to between the 

 eye and the tip of the snout, or a little beyond. 



Upper parts rough with very prominent, conical, often spinose 

 tubercles ; parotoids small, prominent, round or subtriangular; 

 lower parts with round tubercles of unequal size. 



Brown above, with a few darker spots, and often with a 

 few scattered irregular spots of pink colour; limbs with dark 

 cross-bands; lower parts spotted with brown; throat brown 

 in the male. From snout to vent 52 mm. 



Male with a subgular vocal sac and black nuptial asperities 

 on the two inner fingers. 



Tadpole. — ■ Length of body i '/s to i'^ times its width 

 and 73 the length of the tail, which is about 3 times as long 

 as deep. Nostril nearer the eye than the tip of the snout; eyes 

 superior, the distance between them twice that between the 

 nostrils; spiraculum sinistral, directed upwards and backwards, 

 a little nearer the eye than the vent; vent median, anal tube 

 short. Tail with rounded tip; crests convex, the upper one as 

 deep as or a little deeper than the lower one, not extending 

 on to the back. 



Mouth subterminal; lips with short papillae, only at the 

 sides; jaws broadly edged with black, finely serrated; series 

 of teeth 1*1/3, the lower series of upper lip may be narrowly 

 interrupted. 



Blackish, the muscular portion of the tail pale brown, the 

 crests almost colourless. Length 28 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Upper LangkatI; Bandarbaru, Batak mts., 

 + 900 m.!; near Balun and Muarolabu, Padang Highlands!; 

 Benakat and Harileko riv. !, Palembang); Java (Badjulmati in 

 Besuki ')). — Burma; Siam ; Malay Peninsula. 



18. Bufo cavator Barb. 



Bufo cavator Barbour, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XXIV, 191 1, p. 21. 



i) Communicated by Mr. C. Boden Kloss. 



