190 



eyelid, longer than deep; canthus rostralis strong; loreal region 

 oblique, concave; nostril nearer to the tip of the snout than to 

 the eye; interorbital space as broad as or somewhat narrower 

 than the upper eyelid; crown flat; tympanum ^j^ to -j^ the 

 width of the eye. Fingers and toes with small disks; first 

 finger extending beyond second, which is much shorter than 

 fourth; third toe longer than fifth; toes webbed at the base; 

 subarticular tubercles strong; an oblong inner, and a small, 

 round outer metatarsal tubercle ; the heel reaches between the 

 eye and the tip of the snout. 



Skin smooth or finely granulate; the posterior half of the 

 upper eyelid somewhat warty; a fold above the tympanum. 



Upper parts reddish violet, more or less spotted or marbled 

 with bluish violet; a dark cross-bar between the eyes; some- 

 times a light vertebral line; a part of the tympanum and the 

 posterior part of the temporal region, sometimes the loreal 

 region also, darker; lips with dark spots; limbs with dark 

 cross-bars; sides of the body and posterior and superior sur- 

 faces of the thighs marbled with blackish; yellowish beneath, 

 sometimes dark marbled. Length 78 mm. 



Type specimens examined. 



Habitat: Waigeu ! 



18. Rana rugata nomen novum '). 



Hylodes corrugaiits A. Dumeril, Ann. Sc. nat., (3) XIX, 1853, p. 176. 

 Platymantis plkifera Gtinther, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1858, p. 95, pi. VIII, fig. B. 

 Platymantis plkifera var. Pelewensis Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Berlin, 1867, p. 33. 

 riaty)nantis corrtigata V2X, fapuensis^ Meyer, Monatsber. Akad. Berlin, 1874, p. 139. 

 Cortiufcr corrugatiis Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. no. 

 Cornufer corrugatus v. Mehely, Termesz. P'Uzetek, XX, 1897, p. 411, pi. X, figs, i, 2 



(sternal apparatus and terminal phalanx), 

 Platymantis corrtigata Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I, 1918, p. 373. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series behind the level of 

 the choanae. Head about as long as broad; snout pointed, as 

 long as, to I'/g the length of the upper eyelid, longer than 

 deep ; canthus rostralis angular, straight ; loreal region oblique, 

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

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid (narrower in 

 the young); crown flat; tympanum circular or vertically oval, 

 '^/3 the width of the eye. Tips of fingers and toes feebly dilated ; 



l) Rana torrugata and R. plicifera are preoccupied. 



