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44. Micrixalus saxicola. 



Polypedates ? saxicola, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 533. 

 Ixalus saxicola, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 97. 



Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 

 median line. Snout subacuminate, as long as the diameter of the 

 orbit ; canthus rostralis angular ; loreal region flat, vertical ; 

 nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; 

 iuterorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum small, 

 hidden. Toes very broadly webbed, the web reaching the disks, 

 which are very large ; subarticular tubercles small ; a small inner 

 metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being stretched forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout 

 or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth above and beneath : a fold 

 from the eye to the shoulder. Olive-brown above, with more or 

 less distinct darker reticulations ; limbs with dark cross bands ; 

 throat and breast often marbled with brown. Male with internal 

 vocal sacs, the openings of which are very small. 



From snout to vent 1-2 inches. 



Hob. Malabar and Wynaad; on rocks in shady mountain- 

 streams. 



45. Micrixalus sarasinorum. 



Ixalus sarasinorum, F. Mutter, Verb. nat. Ges. Basel, viii, 1887, 

 p. 256, pi. i, fig. 1. 



Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 

 median line. Snout obtusely pointed, somewhat shorter than the 

 diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis scarcely marked ; loreal 

 region oblique, somewhat concave ; nostril much nearer to the end 

 of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital space a little narrower than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum indistinct. Toes very broadly webbed, 

 the web reaching the disks, which are large ; subarticular tubercles 

 small ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the tip of the snout. Skin above finely corrugated, 

 with warts on the snout, vertex, flanks, and especially on the 

 upper eyelids ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder ; a fine ridge 

 along the middle of the head and back ; belly granular. Olive- 

 green above ; a vertical white bar below the eye ; a white lumbar 

 spot ; limbs with numerous dark cross bands ; throat and belly 

 dirty white. 



ffab. Ceylon (Peradenia). 



46. Micrixalus opisthorhodus. 



Y Liuiuodytes ? phyllopliila, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 532. 

 Ixalus opisthorhodus, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 484, pi. xxxvii, fig. 3 ; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 95. 



Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 



