Reptiles and Batrachians. 87 



Bufo kandianus. 



Crown flat, without bonj enlargement. Snout rather obtuse, 

 with angular canthus rostralis. Limbs and fingers of moderate 

 length ; the fourth finger longer than the second. Toes rather 

 short, completely webbed. Metatarsus with two small flat cal- 

 losities ; a cutaneous fold along the edge of tarsus. Skin with 

 small tubercles in small number. Parotoid long and very nar- 

 row. Tympanum entirely hidden hy the skin. Inner nares 

 narrow ; Eustachian tubes very narrow. Upper parts uniform 

 brownish grey, except the snout, which is yellowish, the yel- 

 lowish part being sharply defined by an interorbital line. 

 Lower parts yellowish. 



One specimen, apparently immature, is 30 millims. long ; 

 hind limb 40 millims. 



Ixalus fimbriatus. 



Snout flattened, not obtuse in front, with the loreal region 

 concave and sloping outwards ; canthus rostralis distinct. 

 Eye large, prominent ; tympanum distinct, about one third of 

 the size of the eye. Skin of the upper parts covered with 

 rough tubercles and larger warts ; an oblique fold on the 

 upper eyelid, but no prominent spines ; hinder margin of the 

 forearm and foot fringed ; a transverse series of white tuber- 

 cles below the vent. Throat finely granulated like the ab- 

 domen. Metatarsus with a single tubercle ; fingers not 

 webbed. The interdigital web of the hind foot extends to the 

 outer phalanx of the third and fifth toes. Disks of the fingers 

 and toes moderately developed. The length of the body is 

 conspicuously more than the distance between vent and heel. 

 Upper parts dark brown, marbled with black ; limbs with 

 dark cross bars ; hinder side of the thigh immaculate ; cuta- 

 neous fringes white. Lower parts yellowish ; throat with 

 small brown spots. 



One example is 32 millims. long, the hind limb being 

 47 millims. 



Ixalus adspersus. 



Snout short, not obtuse in front, with the loreal region flat, 

 subvertical, and with the canthus rostralis angular. Eye 

 large, prominent ; tympanum distinct, about one fourth of the 

 size of the eye. Skin of the upper parts with scattered flat 

 tubercles ; throat granular, the granules being finer than those 

 on the abdomen. Metatarsus without fringe or fold, with a 

 single tubercle. Fingers not webbed ; the interdigital web of 

 the hind foot does not reach the last phalanx of the third and 



