THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SEVENTH SERIES.J 

 No. 16. APRIL 1899. 



XLII. — Descriptions of new Batrachians in the Collection 

 of the British Museum (Natural History). By G. A. 

 BOULENGER, F.R.S. 



[Plates XI. & XII.] 



Eana larutensis. (PI. XI. figs. 1, la.) 



Vomerine teeth in two very small groups just behind the 

 level of the choanae. Head as long as broad; snout shorter than 

 the diameter of the orbit, rounded or subacuminate, projecting ; 

 canthus rostralis sharp ; loreal region concave ; nostril equally 

 distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital 

 space narrower than the upper eyelid ; eye large ; tympanum 

 distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, 

 the ends dilated into large disks, which are larger than the 

 tympanum ; first finger shorter than second, third as long as 

 the distance between the anterior border of the eye and the 

 tympanum. Toes very broadly webbed, the web involving 

 part of the terminal disks, which are smaller than those of 

 the fingers ; subarticular tubercles feeble ; a small, feebly 

 prominent, oval inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches beyond the tip of the snout ; tibia three 

 fifths to two thirds the length of head and body. Skin 

 smooth or faintly granular ; a feeble interrupted dorso-lateral 

 glandular fold. Dark olive above, with irregular darker 

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