3. RHACOPHORUS. 91 



a. Many spec, c? $ . Kbassya. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



b. (S . Assam. "\V. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



30. Ehacopliorus pardalis. 



Rliacopliorus pardalis, Gilnth. Cat. p. 83. 

 Rliacophorus reinwardtii, Eyd. S,- Soul. Voy. Bonite, pi. 10. f. 1. 



Yomerine teeth in two slightly oblique series commencing on the 

 inner front edge of the choante. Snout rounded ; canthus rostralis 

 distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril much nearer the tip 

 of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space as broad as, or broader 

 than, the upper eyelid ; tympanum two thirds the width of the eye. 

 ringers and toes webbed to the disks, which are as large as the tym- 

 panum ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a small inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Smooth above, 

 granular on the belly and under the thighs ; a fold above the tym- 

 panum ; a slight fringe along the forearm and tarsus ; tibio-tarsal ar- 

 ticulation with a ciitaneous flap. Brown above, marbled with darker ; 

 hiud limbs cross-barred. Male with an internal vocal sac. 



Borneo ; Philippine Islands. 



0. 1 



Types. 



31. Rliacophorus inadagascariensis. 



Rhacophorus madagascariensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. G18, 

 pi. 1. f. 3. 



Vomerine teeth in a straight line behind the level of the choanae. 

 Snout rounded ; canthus rostralis acute ; loreal region concave ; 

 nostril halfway between the eye and the tip of the snout; tympanum 

 nearly as large as the eye. Fingers broadly webbed, the membrane 

 between the third and fourth reaching the disks ; toes entirely 

 webbed : disks of fingers and toes nearly as large as the tympanum ; 

 subarticular tubercles well developed ; a smaller inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. The hiud limb being carried forwards along the body, the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reacLes beyond the tip of the snout. Skin 

 smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs : a straight fold 

 above the tympanum to the sides of the body ; a told of skin along 

 the forearm and tarsus, produced into a larger triangular flap on 

 the elbow and on the tibio-tarsal articulation. Reddish brown 

 above, with large irregular grey spots, and speckled all over with 

 black ; limbs with very numerous cross bands ; hinder side of tbighs 

 blackish brown, with closely-set white s])ots. 

 Madagascar. 



