231 



Oxyglossiis lacvis Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 228 (with tadpole). 

 Oxyglosstts laevis Boulenger, Vert. Fauna Malay Penins., Rept. and Batr., 



London, 1912, p. 225. 

 Oxyglossus lacvis Taylor, Philipp. Jrn. of Sc. XVI, 1920, p. 230, pi. I, fig. I. 



Tongue oval, rounded behind. Head broader than long; 

 snout rounded, feebly projecting, shorter than the upper eye- 

 lid, longer than deep; no canthus rostralis ; loreal region oblique, 

 flat; nostril equidistant from eye and tip of snout; interorbital 

 space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. 

 Fingers blunt, toes with very small disks ; first finger not or 



Fig. 26. Oxyglossus laevis Gthr., X ^• 



but slightly extending beyond second, which is as long as 

 fourth ; third toe a little longer than fifth ; toes entirely or 

 nearly entirely webbed ; subarticular tubercles small ; inner 

 metatarsal tubercle elliptic, compressed, outer one absent or 

 very indistinct; a short tarsal fold; the heel reaches the temple 

 or the posterior border of the eye, the tarso-metatarsal articu- 

 lation the tip of the snout or a little beyond ; tibia about -j^ 

 length of head and body. 



Skin smooth or with small warts on back and hind limbs. 



Brownish above, with or without rather indistinct darker 

 spots; sometimes a light vertebral line, or a light spot on the 

 snout ; a light streak from the eye to the commissure of the 

 mouth often conspicuous; hind limbs with dark cross-bands, 

 which may be indistinct; lower parts whitish, throat often 

 speckled with brown. From snout to vent 42 mm. 



