BY DENE B. FRY. 61 



Calotes cristatellus, Kuhl. 

 Gonyocephalus spinipes, A. Dum. 

 Chelodina intergularis, sp. nov. 

 Pseudelaps christieanus, sp. nov. 

 ,, minutus, sp. nov. 



i. NOTES ON, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW OR 



LITTLE KNOWN AUSTRALIAN AND 



PAPUASIAN FROGS. 



1. AUSTROCHAPERINA BREVIPES, Sp. UOV. 



Austrochaperina robusta (part), Fry, Rec. Austr. Mus., 



ix, 1912, p. 89, pi. viii, fig. 2-26. 



Habit very stout. Head two -thirds as long as broad, 

 the measurement taken at a line drawn between the hinder 

 margins of the tympana. Snout rounded, very slightly 

 prominent, shorter than the orbital diameter. Nostril 

 much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye. Canthus 

 rostralis moderately rounded ; loreal region slightly con- 

 cave. Interorbital space broader than the upper eye-lid. 

 Tympanum rather distinct, slightly less than half the dia- 

 meter of the eye. Lower jaw rounded, tri-lobed. Tongue 

 very large, oval, entire, free right along the sides and for 

 about half its length posteriorly. Two dermal aesophageal 

 ridges ; anterior very weak although nearly as extensive 

 as the posterior, with a well developed median lobe and 

 pappiUose laterally ; posterior ridge extending right across 

 the hinder palate and strongly and evenly serrated. Arms 

 weak. Fingers depressed ; discs distinct but not enlarged ; 

 a thick fringe present ; first nearly as long as second, 

 cylindrical and not disced ; an indistinct metacarpal pad 

 on the base of the first finger. Hind limb very stout. 

 Toes rather short, depressed ; third, fourth and fifth with 

 a distinct rather thick fringe ; discs larger than the finger 

 discs. A very smaU oval inner metatarsal tubercle. The 

 length of the outstretched hind-limb, from the anus to the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation, equals the distance between the 

 anus and the shoulder. 



Colour (spirits) : — Upper -surfaces uniform fawn brown, 

 spotted and speckled with chocolate brown. A dark streak 



