5. SPHEN'OPHRrNE. — 6. CALOPHETyiJS. lo7 



1. Melanobatrachus indicus. 



Melanobatraclius indicus, Beddo)ne, J. c. 



Snout short, blunt, with rather indistinct cauthus rostralis; 

 interorhital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers short, 

 depressed, first much shorter than second ; toes rather short, de- 

 pressed, one-third vebbed ; subarticular and metatarsal tubercles 

 very indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. 

 Upper surfaces tubercidar ; sides and lower surfaces smooth. 

 Black ; tubercles of back greyish ; beUy dotted with greyish ; a 

 large whitish (scarlet) spot on the lower surface of the thigh. Male 

 with a subgular vocal sac. 



S.W. India. 



a. S- AnamaUays, 4000 ft. Col. Beddome [P.]. (One 



of the types.) 



b. (S . N. Travancore. Col. Beddome [P.]. 

 c-(j. c?, 2, & hgr. S.W. India, 3000- Col. Beddome [C. 



4500 ft. 



5. SPHENOPHRYNE. 



Sphenophiyne, Peters ^' Doiia, Ann. Mus. Genov. xiii. p. 430. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue heart-shaped, free behind. Vomerine 

 teeth none. Tympanum distinct. Fingers and toes free, the tips 

 dilated into distinct disks. Outer metatarsals united. Coracoids 

 dilated, precoracoid weak ; no omosternum ; sternum a cartilaginous 

 plate. Sacral dia])ophyses dilated. 



New Guinea. 



1. Spbenophryne cornuta. 



Sphenophryne comuta, Peters &)• Doria, I. c. pi. 7. f 4. 



Physiognomy of Ryla aurantiaca. Snout pointed, with distinct 

 canthus rostralis : loreal region nearly vertical ; tympanum one 

 third the diameter of the eye. First finger much shorter than 

 second ; tips of fingers large, of toes rather smaller ; no prominent 

 metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and 

 the tip of the snout. Skin smooth above, beneath with small scat- 

 tered tubercles ; a small spiniform tubercle on the upper eyelid. 

 Brown above, blackish spotted and marbled ; an irregular blackish 

 line from the chin to the ventral region. 



N. Guinea. 



G. CALOPHRYNUS. 



Calophrynus, TscJnidi, Batr. t^. 8G ; Gilnth, Cat. -p. 5i; Cope, Jour n, 



Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 18(37, p. lOo. 

 Berdmorea, Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. 1872, p. 146. 



