280 BUFOXIDJi. 



and on the sacral region ; between these a large irregular spot ; 

 limbs with dark spots. 

 Cameroons, W. Africa. 



2, Nectophryne grientheri. (Plate XYIII. fig. 3.) 

 Biifo leptopus, juv.; Gdnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 598. 



Habit slender. Head small; snout obliquely truncate: loreal 

 region vertical ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid : 

 tympanum very distinct, two thirds the width of the eye. Fore 

 limb very slender, as long as the distance between vent and tjTii- 

 panum. Fingers moderate, much depressed, one-third webbed, the 

 web extending as a margin to their tips, which are broad and trun- 

 cated : first finger half the length of the second : toes rather short, 

 the web extending to their tips, but deeply emarginate ; the tips 

 like those of the fingers ; two small, fiat, metatarsal tubercles : no 

 tarsal fold : subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes small. The 

 hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal 

 tubercle marks the tip of the snout. Skin covered with small 

 tubercles. Olive-brown above, minutely spotted with blackish ; 

 lower surfaces yellowish, the throat and belly spotted with greyish 

 brown. 



Borneo. 



a. Hgi-. Matang. (Type of Bufo leptopus, juv.) 



3. Nectophryne tuberculosa. 



Pedostibes tuberculosus, G'dnth. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1875, p. 576, pi. 64. 

 f. C. 



Habit moderately slender. Head moderate ; snout subacuminate ; 

 loreal region vertical : interorbital space as broad as the upper eye- 

 lid ; tympanum distinct, one third the width of the eye. Fingers 

 moderate, depressed, webbed at the base, first half the length of 

 second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and 

 toes dilated into broad truncated disks, those of toes rather smaller 

 than those of fingers ; subarticular tubercles small ; two small, flat, 

 metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercle reaches between the 

 eye and the tip of the snout. Skin of the upper parts tubercular, 

 the largest tubercles being arranged along each side of the back. 

 Brownish grey above, sides darker : a white band from below the 

 eye to the axil ; another white longitudinal band in the lumbar 

 region ; beneath dark-spotted. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Malabar. 



a-h. (S . Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.1. (Tvpes.) 



