488 BANIDJE. 



toes half webbed ; disks well developed ; a very small inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. 

 Skin smooth above, granular below ; a fold from the eye to the 

 shoulder. Above dark brown with round yellow spots, or brown 

 with dark vermiculations or spots ; hinder side of thighs dark brown, 

 with round yellow spots; lower parts yellow, marbled with brown. 

 Male with an internal vocal sac. 



From snout to vent T25 inches. 



Hob. Malabar. 



87. Ixalus chalazodes. 



Ixalus chalazodes, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. o74, pi. Ixvi, fig. B: 

 Bouleng. Cat. liatr. Sal. p. 105. 



Tongue with a pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median 

 line. Snout rounded, as long as the diameter of the orbit ; can- 

 thus rostralis indistinct ; loreal region very slightly concave ; nos- 

 tril nearer to the tip of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital space 

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small, hidden. Fingers 

 free ; toes half webbed ; disks well developed ; subarticular tuber- 

 cles double under the second and fourth fingers ; a small inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches to between 

 the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin of upper parts smooth ; a 

 few round tubercles on the flanks, on the hind part of the back, 

 and on the metatarsus ; a slight fold from the eye to the shoulder ; 

 beneath granular. Uniform green above, the round tubercles white ; 

 lower parts uniform white. 



From snout to vent 1*1 inches. 



Hob. Travancore. 



88. Ixalus glandulosus. 



Ixalis ? glandulosa, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 582. 

 ? Phylloraedusa tinniens, Jerdon, 1. c. p. 533. 

 Ixalus montanus, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 574, pi. Ixvi, fig. A. 

 Ixalus glandulosus, Bouhng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 103. 



Tongue with a pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median 

 line. Snout rounded, as long as the diameter of the orbit ; canthus 

 rostralis distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril equally 

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

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small, hidden. Fingers 

 free ; toes webbed at the base ; disks well developed ; a small inner 

 metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye, 

 or not quite so far. Upper surfaces smooth or with small tubercles ; 

 sides generally glandular or tubercular ; a fold from the eye to the 

 shoulder ; lower surfaces granular. Dark purplish brown above, 

 uniform or with indistinct markings, or greyish brown with sym- 

 metrical darker or lighter markings ; beneath immaculate or spotted 

 with brown. Male with an internal vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1*5 inches. 



Hob. Hills near Malabar coasts, up to 6000 feet (Nilgiris, Anai- 

 inalais, Travancore). 



