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the choanae. Head much depressed, as long as broad; occiput 

 longitudinally concave, with a median crest; canthus rostralis 

 angular; loreal region high, oblique; eye large, prominent; 

 tympanum -/^ the width of the eye. Fingers and toes slender, 

 with rather large disks; first and second finger equal; third 

 toe a little shorter than fifth; toes webbed at the base; a 

 feeble inner metatarsal tubercle; the heel reaches beyond the 

 tip of the snout. 



Upper eyelid with a conical tubercle; a fold above the 

 tympanum; breast and belly granular. 



Dark brown above, lighter beneath. 



I suggest that this species is based on specimens oiRana riigata. 



Habitat: New Guinea. 



4. Cornufer baluensis Blgr. 



Cornufer baluensis Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XVII, 1896, p. 449. 

 Rana sariba Shelford, Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) XV, 1905, p. 209. 

 Cornufer baluensis Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I, 1918, p. 373. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of 

 the choanae. Snout rounded, as long as the upper eyelid ; 

 canthus rostralis obtuse; loreal region concave; interorbital 

 space nearly as broad as the upper eyelid; crown flat; tym- 

 panum -/g the width of the eye. Fingers and toes with well- 

 developed disks, which are much smaller than the tympanum; 

 first finger a little shorter than second ; toes '/g webbed ; sub- 

 articular tubercles moderate, feebly prominent; a feebly pro- 

 minent oval inner metatarsal tubercle, as long as the inner 

 toe without the disk; no outer metatarsal tubercle; the heel 

 reaches the nostril. 



Upper parts and throat granulate, some of the granules 

 confluent into wavy, longitudinal, short ridges ; belly and lower 

 surface of limbs smooth. 



Greyish brown above, marbled with darker; limbs with rather 

 irregular dark cross-bars; w^hitish beneath, throat and lower 

 surface of limbs marbled with brown. From snout to vent 35 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu ; Mt. Saribau, Serawak). 



8. Batrachylodes Blgr. 



(Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, p. 337). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue oval, feebly nicked and free behind. 

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