16. BEEVICBl'S, 17. RHOMBOPHKYNE. 177 



2. Breviceps verrucosus. 



Breviceps verrucosus, Gilnth. Cat. p. 52. 

 Breviceps verrucosus, Eapp, Arch./. Natiirg. 1842, p. 289, pi. 6. f . o ; 

 Smith, III. S. Afr., liepf., App. p. 27 ; Steindachn, Novara, Amph. 

 p. 38. 



Snout more or less distinct. Entirely covered with distinctly 

 porous granular glands. Brovs^u, with or without yellowish spots. 

 Perhaps not specifically distinct from the preceding. 



8. Africa. 



a, b. (S 9. . S. Africa. 



c. Hgi-. ■ Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



d-f. S 2 . Katiraria. F. P. M. Weale, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Breviceps mossamhicus. 

 Breviceps mos.sambicus, Peters, Arch. f. Natury. 1855, p. 58. 



Skin quite smooth, or indistinctly glandular on the head and front 

 part of the back. Brown or blackish above ; a dark oblique streak 

 below the eye. 



E. Africa. 



a. (S . Mossambique. Prof. Petei's [P.]. 



h. c? . Zambesi Eiver. 



c. (5 . River Donda. 



17. RHOMBOPHRYNE. 



Rhombopliryne^ Boetty. Zool. Anz. 1880, p. 567. 



Pupil ? Tongue large, broad, and very long, entire, free on 



the sides, longitudinally grooved. A non-interrupted series of pala- 

 tine teeth. A cutaneous fold across the palate, between the choantc. 

 Tympanum concealed. Eingers and toes free, the tips not dilated. 



Madagascar. 



The sternal structure is not known. But as Dr. Boettgcr has 

 described this genus as allied to Brevicvjjs, it is provisionally placed 

 here. 



1. Rhomhophryne testudo. 



Rhombophryne testud'o, Boettf/. I. c, p. 568. 



Habit stout. Head very broad and short ; snout very obtuse ; 

 mouth small ; eyes small. Skin glandular, the glandules spinulose 

 on the snout and on the chin ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Greyish brown above, the glandules and folds lighter ; a blackish 

 streak on the loreal and temporal regions ; hinder side of thighs 

 white, distinctly separated from the inferior side by a blackish zone. 

 YeUowish brown beneath, indistinctly vermiculated with whitish. 



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