66 HKRPETOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Habit moderate. Head three-quarters to four-fifths 

 as long as broad, the measurement taken at a line drawn 

 between the hinder margins of the tympana. Snout 

 rather prominent and pointed when seen from above, 

 longer than the orbital diameter ; nostril equidistant 

 between the eye and the tij) of the snout ; canthus rostralis 

 very rounded ; loreal region grooved. Tympanum hardly 

 discernible or completely hidden. Interorbital space as 

 broad as the upper eye-lid. Tongue large, oval or sub- 

 circular, entire, free behind and a little on the sides. 

 Vomerine teeth in two long straight or sHghtly arched 

 series behind, and extending well beyond the outer edge 

 of the choana\ Limbs moderate. Fingers free, cyhndrical, 

 not fringed, first as long as second ; sub-articular tubercles 

 very prominent ; two outer metacarpal tubercles and a 

 third large one at the base of the first finger. Toes 

 cjdindrical, tapering, quite free ; sub-articular tubercles 

 very prominent, conical ; a conical outer, but no inner 

 metatarsal tubercle. Skin warty; sometimes with short 

 plicae ; sometimes the warts are large oval and raised, or 

 round and flat, but always profusely present (they are 

 often exactly covered by a dark spot). A weak gland from 

 below the eye to above the forearm. Sides with a distinct 

 fold ; no fold across the chest or along the inner edge of 

 the tarsus. Under-surfaces uniformly smooth. The dis- 

 tance between the anus and the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 is equal to the distance between the latter and the tympanum. 



Colour {spirits) : — Uniform greyish above (perhaps 

 olive in life) wdth numerous roundish black spots, which 

 sometimes form more or less broken bands of Avhich a 

 broad dorsal one — commencing between the eye^lids, and 

 a lateral one can usually be traced. Upper-surface of 

 snout usuallj' with a light triangular mark. No dorsal 

 rftripe. Lips barred or spotted. Limbs spotted. Under 

 surfaces uniform white or with a few spots of grey on the 



chin. 



Measurements in Millimetres. 



Total length, from tip of snout to anus .. • 45 mm. 



Length of head, to tympana .. .. 14 mm. 



Width of head, at tympana . . . . 18 mm. 



Length of hind-limb to tarso-metat-articul. 40 mm. 



Locs. : — Four specimens from Mapoon, Gulf of Car- 

 pentaria, North Queensland, collected by IVIr. Charles 



