492 ENGYSTOMATID^E. 



Habit moderately slender. Snout obtuse, as long as the diam- 

 eter of the orbit or a little longer ; interorbital space broader than 

 the upper eyelid. Fingers rather slender, first much shorter than 

 second ; toes rather slender, with a slight rudiment of web ; tips 

 of fingers and toes swollen into very small disks ; subarticular 

 tubercles very distinct ; two small, subequal metatarsal tubercles. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye, or between the latter 

 and the shoulder. Skin smooth. Reddish or greyish olive above, 

 with a large dark marking on the back, beginning between the 

 eyes and widening as it extends to the hind part of the body ; on 

 each side of this marking are undulating longitudinal dusky lines, 

 which may be absent ; a dark band along the side of the head and 

 body ; limbs with dark cross bars ; throat and chest generally 

 greyish or ^brownish, dotted with white ; the remainder of the 

 lower surface whitish, immaculate. Male with a subgular vocal 

 sac. 



From snout to vent !! inches. 



Hah. Kashmir, India generally, Ceylon *, Assam, Burma, 

 Southern China, and Indo-China. 



93. Microhyla berdmorii. 



Engystoma ? berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, 1855, p. 720. 

 Microhyla berdmorii, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 106. 



Habit slender. Snout obtuse, as long as the diameter of the 

 orbit or a little longer ; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid. Fingers slender, with slightly swollen tips, first 

 much shorter than second ; toes long, webbed to the tips, which 

 are dilated into rather large disks ; subarticular tubercles very 

 distinct ; two very small metatarsal tubercles. Hind limb very 

 long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching beyond the tip of the 

 snout. Skin smooth or with a few scattered indistinct tubercles 

 on the back and sides. Brownish, olive, or pinkish above ; a 

 darker, light-edged, hourglass-shaped large spot on the anterior 

 part of the back, beginning between the eyes, sometimes continued 

 on the hind part of the back ; black spots on the sides of the limbs 

 and occasionally on the flanks ; a chevron-shaped black marking 

 on the anal region ; throat and chest clouded with brown ; the 

 remainder of the lower surface whitish, immaculate. 



From snout to vent 1-5 inches. 



Hob. Pegu and Tenasserim ; also the Malay Peninsula, Mr. W. 

 L. Sclater having recently communicated to me a specimen obtained 

 by Mr. Davison at Malacca. 



Found in abundance in Ceylon by the Drs. Sarasin, ./?</ F. Miiller. 



