THE AXNALS 



MAGAZINE OF NATPEAL HISTORY. 



[SEVENTH SERIES.] 

 No. 16. APRIL 1899. 



XLII. — Descriptions of new Batrachians in the Collection 

 of the British Museum {Natural History). By G. A. 

 i30lJLENGER, F.R.S. 



[Plates XI. & XII.] 



Eana larutensis. (PI. XI. figs. 1, 1 a.) 



Vomerine teeth in two very small groups just behind tlie 

 level of the choante. Head as long as broad; snout shorter than 

 the diameter of the orbit, rounded or subacuminate, projectinf^ ; 

 canthus rostralis sharp ; loreal region concave ; nostril equaily 

 distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital 

 space narrower than the upper eyelid; eye large; tympanum 

 distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate 

 the ends dilated into large disks, which are larger than the 

 tympanum ; tirst tinger shorter than second, third as long as 

 the distance between the anterior border of the eye and the 

 tympanum. Toes very broadly webbed, the web involving- 

 part of the terminal disks, which are smaller than those of 

 the fingers ; subarlicular tubercles feeble ; a small, feebly 

 prominent, oval inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches beyond the tip of the snout; tibia three 

 fifths to two thirds the length of head and body. Skin 

 smooth or faintly granular; a feeble interrupted dorso-lateral 

 glandular fold. Dark olive above, with irregular darker 

 Ann. & Afag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. iii. 21 



