5. ixALus. 97 



3. Ixalus saxicola. 



Polypedates ? saxicola, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. xxii. p. 533. 



Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 

 median line. Snout subacuminate, as long as the greatest orbital 

 diameter ; canthus rostralis angular ; loreal region flat, vertical : 

 nostril equally distant from the eye ^d the tip of the snout ; inter- 

 orbital space as broad as the upper e}^d ; tympanum small, hidden. 

 Fingers free, toes very broadly webbed ; disks large ; subarticular 

 tubercles small ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb 

 being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the tip of the snout or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth 

 above and beneath ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive- 

 brown above, with more or less distinct darker reticulations ; limbs 

 cross-barred ; throat and breast often marbled with bi'own. Male 

 with two internal vocal sacs, the openings of which are very small. 



"Wynaad ; Malabar. 



a. Several spec, c? 2 • Malabar. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. (As 



Polyp, saxicola.) 



b. Many spec, c? $ . Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



4. Ixalus hypomelas. (Plate X. fig. 4.) 

 Ixalus hypomelas, Giinth. Ann. i^- May. N. II. 187G, vii. p. 376. 



Snout obtuse, as long as the greatest orbital diameter ; canthus 

 rostralis angular; loreal region flat, nearly vertical; nostril nearer 

 the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small, indistinct. Fingers free, 

 toes webbed at the base ; disks and 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 or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth above, slightly 

 granular beneath. Dark brown above and beneath ; a darker stripe 

 on the side of the head and body ; belly and under surface of limbs 

 marbled with whitish ; often a white line across the breast and 

 along the under surface of the fore limbs, crossing another one along 

 the throat, breast, and belly ; sometimes a light vertebral line. 



Ceylon. 



c, 6. Many spec. : $, Ceylon. Col. Beddome [C.]. 1 



hgr., & yg. " K Types. 



c~e. 5 . Ceylon. W. Ferguson, Esq. [P.]. ) 



5. Ixalus oxyrhynchus. (Plate X. fig. 5.) 

 Ixalus oxyi-hynchus, Giinth. Ann. S)- Mag. N. II. 1872, ix. p. 88. 



Snout pointed, longer than the orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis 

 angular ; loreal region flat, vertical ; nostril nearer the tip of the 



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