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ossicle between the penultimate and terminal phalanges; the 

 latter T-shaped. 



Distribution: Borneo. 



Simomantis latopalmata (Blgr.). 



Ixalus latopabnatus Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) XX, 1887, p. 97. 

 Ixalus latopalmattis Mocquard, Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'Hist. nat., (3) II, 1890, 



p. 152, pi. XI, fig. 2. 

 Simomantis latopalmata Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I, 1918, p. 373. 



Snout broadly rounded, obliquely truncate, very short; loreal 

 region nearly vertical, concave; interorbital space as broad as 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum not very distinct, very small. 

 Fingers dilated into enormous disks, the width of which equals 

 ^/^ the width of the eye; disks of toes about half the size of 

 those of fingers; a broad web, extending nearly to the disks, 

 between the outer fingers, and a short one between the second 

 and third ; toes very broadly webbed, the web enclosing ^j.^ 

 of the disks; subarticular tubercles oval, flat; no distinct meta- 

 tarsal tubercles. Hind limb very long and strong; the knee 

 reaches the shoulder ; tibia as long as the distance between 

 tympanum and vent. 



Skin finely granulate above, smooth beneath. 



Blackish above, with pale brown variegations on the back 

 and whitish dots on the sides; limbs with lighter cross bands; 

 hinder side of thighs blackish, speckled with whitish; lower 

 surfaces whitish. From snout to vent 6y mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu ; Lawas). 



7. Cornufer Tsch. 



(TscHUDi, Mem. Soc. Sc. nat. Neuchatel, II, 1839, p. 28; Boulenger, Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I, 1918, p. 372). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue notched and free behind. Vomerine 

 teeth present. Tympanum distinct. Fingers free, toes slightly 

 webbed ; tips of fingers, and usually of toes also, with large 

 disks, which have a transverse groove across the lower surface, 

 continuous with the groove between the upper and lower 

 surfaces. Outer metatarsals united. 



Omosternum and sternum with a bony style, which in the 

 omosternum is forked at the base. No intercalary ossicle between 

 the penultimate and terminal phalanges; the latter T-shaped. 



