Batrachians from Herman Xeic Guinea. 58l 



Tongue broadly rounded anteriorly, nicked and free be- 

 hind. Vomerine teeth in two small well-separated groups 

 between the choanal Snout subtriangular, longer than the 

 diameter of eye, truncate at the tip ; canthus rostralis distinct ; 

 loreal region concave ; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid. Fingers with a short web at the base ; toe3 

 nearly entirely webbed; disks about halt' the diameter of the 

 eye. A slight cutaneous fold with a row of tubercles along 

 the outer side of the forearm ; a less pronounced row of 

 tubercles along the outer side of the tarsus; a short dermal ap- 

 pendage at the heel. The hind limb being carried forward, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches beyond the snout. Upper 

 surfaces minutely granulate ; a fold from the eye to the axilla ; 

 another fold across the throat. Belly and lower side of thighs 

 granulate. Colour (in spirit) dark brown above, light below, 

 without markings. From snout to vent 34 millim. 



A single specimen from Simbang. 



lltjla impure*) Peters & Doria. 



Habit slender. Tongue subelliptic, slightly nicked and 

 free behind. Vomerine teeth in two obliquely transverse series 

 between the choanse. Head longer than broad ; snout longer 

 than the diameter of the eye, rather acuminate; canthus ros- 

 tralis angular, loreal region concave ; interorbital space broader 

 than the upper eyelid. Tympanum distinct, but small, about 

 half the diameter of the eye. Fingers nearly free, a short web 

 at the base of the outer fingers. Second finger longer than the 

 first, which has a brown wart on its inner side in the male ; 

 disks of fingers somewhat smaller than the tympanum. Toes 

 broadly webbed, the web reaching the disks of the fifth and 

 third toes ; disks of the toes smaller than those of the fingers ; 

 subarticular tubercles well developed. A large inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle connected by a short web with the hallux, thus 

 producing the impression of a rudimentary toe; another small 

 metatarsal tubercle at the base of the third toe. The hind limb 

 being carried forward along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches between the eye and the snout. A cutaneous 

 fold along the side from above the tympanum, another fold 

 across the throat. Skin minutely granular above, coarsely 

 granular on the belly and under the thighs ; scattered granules 

 on the throat and a row of similar granules along the forearm. 

 Greyish brown (in spirit), with some irregular darker brown 

 markings ; there is, however, no anal blotch as described in 

 H. tin pur a. 



This species is represented by a single female specimen 



