CACOPTTS. 495 



Snout short, obtusely prominent, as long as the diameter of the 

 orbit ; iuterorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers 

 rather slender, the tips dilated, truncated ; toes moderate, not 

 dilated at the ends, with a slight rudiment of web; subarticular 

 tubercles not very prominent ; two small, scarcely prominent, 

 metatarsal tubercles, the inner elongate. The tarso-metatarsal 

 articulation hardly reaches the posterior border of the eye. Skin 

 nearly smooth ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive above, 

 marbled with dark brown ; belly whitish, immaculate. Male with 

 a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1*4 inches. 



Jfab. Peninsular India as far north as the Groddvari, and Ceylon. 



98. Callula triangularis. 



Callula triaugularis, Gilnth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 570 ; llouleng. Cat. 

 Bati: Sal. p. 171, pi. xiii, %. 4. 



Snout short, blunt, as long as the diameter of the orbit ; inter- 

 orbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers moderate, the 

 tips dilated into rather small truncated disks ; toes moderate, 

 perfectly free, the tips not dilated; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed : two small metatarsal tubercles, inner largest, oval, 

 blunt. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the shoulder, 

 or halfway between the latter and the eye. Skin smooth, or 

 with some flat tubercles on the back ; a fold from the eye to the 

 shoulder, and another across the head behind the eyes. Light 

 olive above, with a large triangular blackish spot occupying nearly 

 the whole length of the back ; sides and lower surfaces blackish 

 brown, latter spotted with whitish ; limbs blackish brown, with 

 large light olive spots. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1*6 inches. 



Hab. Nilgiris ; Malabar. 



Genus CACOPUS, 

 Gunther, Kept. 13. I. p. 415, 1804. 



Pupil vertical. Tongue oval, 

 entire and free behind. Choanaj 

 very large, with a dermal movable 

 flap, which can close the nostril ; 

 two small bony prominences, close 

 together, between the hinder edges 

 of the choana? and on a level 

 with them : a narrow denticulated 

 dermal ridge across the para- 



sphenoidal region, and another, 



Fig.135.-Pectoralarcl.of very broad, in front of the 

 Cacopus systoma. O3sophagus. Tympanum hidden 



(B. M. Catal/Batr. Sal.) or very indistinct. Fingers free ; 



