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The procoracoid reaches the scapula. 

 Type specimen examined in the Amsterdam Museum. 

 Habitat: New Guinea (Went mts., 800 — 1050 m. ! ; Setek- 

 vva riv.). 



8. Oreophryne anthonyi (Blgr.). 



Sbhenophryne atithonyi Boulengev, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XIX, 1897, p. 10, 

 ' pi. II, fig. I. 

 Oreophryne anthonyi v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, XIII, pt. i, 1915, P- 40- 



Tongue large, oval, entire ; a denticulated dermal ridge 

 across the palate and another, smooth one, divided into three 

 parts, in front of it. Head nearly as long as broad; snout 

 rounded, vertically truncate, nearly as long as the eye, as deep 

 as long; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region nearly vertical, 

 concave; nostril nearer to the tip of the snout than to the eye ; 

 interorbital space as broad as or a little broader than the upper 

 eyelid; tympanum distinct, about half the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers with very large, subtriangular disks, which are broader 

 than long; disks of toes much smaller; first finger shorter than 

 second, which is as long as fourth; third and fifth toe about 

 equal in length; toes with a rudiment of web; subarticular 

 and inner metatarsal tubercles absent or feebly developed ; 

 the heel reaches the shoulder or the tympanum. 



Upper parts smooth ; throat and belly areolate. 



Colouration very variable ; grey, brown, or reddish above, 

 speckled or spotted with black, or with large light blotches ; 

 a fine light vertebral line sometimes present; thighs and lower 

 parts brown, uniform or spotted with yellow, or yellowish, 

 marbled and reticulated with dark brown; male with a light 

 line along the chin and throat. From snout to vent 45 mm. 



Male without vocal sacs. 



Procoracoid connected with the scapula by a ligament only. 



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

 Lorentz riv., 40 m. !). 



9. Oreophryne loriae (Blgr.). 



Sphenophryne loriae Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Geneva, (2) XVIII, 1898, p. 707, 



pi. VIII, fig. 3. 

 Sphenophryne loriae v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. I, 1909, p. 41. 

 Sphenophryne bird v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, XIII, pt. i, 1915, p. 40 (nee 



Sph. biroi v. Meh.). 



