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body, the lower surface of the hind limbs, the throat and the 

 posterior part of the belly; on the back they form a some- 

 times indistinct ^-shaped figure; posterior surface of thighs 



of uniform dark colour. Length 34 mm. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. 

 Type specimen examined. 

 Habitat: Sumatra (Tandjong Laut, Palembang!). 



2. Colpoglossus Blgr. 



(BoULENGER, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) XIII, 1904, p. 42). 



Pupil vertically elliptic. Tongue entire and free behind, 

 forming a plicate pouch at the point of its posterior attach- 

 ment. Palatine teeth in two transverse series, very close to 

 each other. Two denticulate transverse dermal ridges in front 

 of the pharynx. Tympanum hidden. Fingers free, toes webbed, 

 the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. 



Procoracoids and clavicles absent, substituted by a ligament. 

 No omosternum; sternum large, cartilaginous. 



Distribution: Borneo. 



I. Colpoglossus brooksi Blgr. 



Colpoglossus Brooksii Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) XIII, 1904, p. 43, pi. II, 



Habit stout. Tongue large, oval. Head strongly depressed, 

 once and two thirds as broad as long; interorbital space three 

 times as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. Fingers 

 obtusely pointed, toes blunt; first finger shorter than second; 

 toes with a very short web at the base; subarticular tuber- 

 cles indistinct; a rather large and very prominent inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle; the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye. 



Skin of head and body granulate, of belly and limbs smooth. 



Yellowish above, marbled with dark brown lines, which 

 form a network on the sides and limbs; a )-(-shaped dark brown, 

 light-edged marking on the head and nape, each of the longi- 

 tudinal branches bifurcating in front and behind; two chains 

 of small black spots, some with light centra, along the middle 

 of the back; lower parts white, throat with wrinkle-like trans- 

 verse brown lines. From snout to vent 50 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Bidi, Serawak). 



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