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5- Xenobatrachus giganteus (v. Kamp.). 



Xenorhina gl^anka v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, XIII, pt. i, 191 5, p. 40. 



Habit stout. Tongue perfectly attached behind ; in front of 

 the denticulated dermal ridge of the palate a transverse tubercle; 

 two tooth-like processes behind each choane. Head much 



Fig. 16. Xenobatiachus giganteus (v. Kamp.), type specimen, X !• 



broader than long, its width twice the distance between the 

 tip of the snout and the angle of the mouth; snout truncate, 

 not projecting, as long as the upper eyelid; canthus rostralis 

 rounded; loreal region oblique, concave; nostril close to the 



