1. OXTGIOSSUS, 



1. OXYGLOSSUS. 



Oxvglossus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 80 ; Dum. Sf Bihr. viii. p. 332 ; Giinth. 



Cat. p. 6 ; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. I860, p. 117. 

 Phrynoglossus, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 29. 

 Microdiscopus, Peters, eod. loc. 1877, p. -422. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue narrow, entire, and free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth none. Tympanum indistinct. Fingers free ; toes 

 webbed, the tips not dilated into regular disks. Outer metatarsals 

 separated by web. Omosternum with a bony style ; sternum a 

 cartilaginous plate. Terminal phalanges simple. 



East Indies. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Tongue pointed behind 1. lima, p. 5. 



Tongue rounded behind ; skin nearly smooth ; 



a single metatarsal tubercle 2. Icevis, p. 6. 



Tongue rounded behind ; skin warty above ; 



two metatarsal tubercles 3. martensii, p. 6. 



1. Oxyglossus lima. 



Oxyglossus lima, Giinth, Cat. p. 6. 

 Oxyglossus lima, Tschudi, Batr. p. 85 ; Dum. 8)- Bibr. p. 334, pi. 86. 

 f. 4; Giinth. Pejit. Brit. Ind. p. 401; Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc, 

 1870, p. 272, and 1872, p. 101. 



Tongue elongate, extensively free and pointed behind. Habit 

 stout. Head small; snout rather pointed; interorbital space nar- 

 rower than the upper eyelid. Fingers rather slender, pointed, first 

 not extending beyond second ; toes pointed, fourth not very much 

 longer than third and fifth, broadly webbed : subarticular tubercles 

 very small ; two conical metatarsal tubercles ; a small tarsal tubercle 

 just below the tibio-tarsal articulation. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the 

 tip of the snout. Above with numerous small warts, beneath with 

 symmetrical rows of pores. Brownish above, with darker markings ; 

 sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; whitish below, with a dark 

 brown band beneath the arm and along the hinder side of the thigh, 

 and a brown L-shaped mark on each side of the lower belly. Male 

 with an internal subgular vocal sac. 



Java ; E. India ; S. China. 



rt-c. c? 2 . Java. Leydeu Museum. 



d. 2 . Java. Dr. Bleeker. 



e. Several spec. : d' ,$ , Siam. M. Mouhot [C.]. 

 & hgr. 



f-y. HgT. Gamboja. M. Mouhot [C.]. 



'h. $. Pegu. 



i. 2 ■ Bii-mah. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



k. 2 . China. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



I. 2- China? — Adams, Esq. [C.]. 



