98 KANIB^. 



snout than the eye ; interorhital space much broader than the upper 

 eyehd; tympanum distinct, half the width of the eye. Fingers 

 free, toes two-thirds webbed ; disks very small ; subarticular tu- 

 bercles well developed ; 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 beyond. Skin smooth, 

 granular on the belly and under the thighs. Light brown above, 

 with a large dark spot ; loreal and temporal regions blackish brown. 

 Throat dotted with brown. 

 Ceylon. 



a-b. 2- C.Ceylon. G. H. K. Tliwaites, Esq. [P.]. TTypes.) 



6. Ixalus kakhienensis. 



Ixalus kakhieuensis, Anders. Anat. Zool. lies. Yunnan, p. 845, 

 pi. 78. f. 6. 



Snout short and moderately pointed ; canthus rostralis rounded ; 

 tympanum less than half the size of the eye. Pingers free, toes 

 fullj' webbed, with the exception of the fourth, in which the mem- 

 brane does not reach its extremity ; disks of fingers and toes rather 

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

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches slightly beyond the tip of the snout. 

 Skin smooth above. Dark olive-black above, paling on the upper 

 surface of the limbs to olive-brown, obscurel}- transversely banded 

 with blackish brown ; lower surfaces spotted and marbled with 

 brown. 



jSTampoung valley, Yunnan, 



7. Ixalus leucorhimis. 



Ixalus leucorliiiius, GUnth. Cut. p. 75. 

 Ixalus leucorhimis, Martens, Xomencl. liept. Mas. Berul. p. 36. 

 temporalis, Gilnth. Eej^t. Brit. Iml. p. 434, pi. 26. f. E. 



Snout acuminate, a little longer than the orbital diameter ; can- 

 thus rostralis distinct : loreal region slightly concave .; nostril nearer 

 the ti}) of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space broader than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympamxm distinct, half the width of the eye. 

 Fingers very slightly, toes half webbed ; disks and subarticular 

 tubercles moderate ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin 

 smooth above, granular beneath ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Brown or olive above ; a dark stripe below the canthus rostralis and 

 on the temporal region ; sometimes a large hexagonal light spot on 

 the snout ; generally a dark vitta between the eyes, and another, 

 arched one on each side of the back ; sometimes a light vertebral 

 line or stripe, extending or not along the hind limbs ; throat 



