316 On some new Species of Reptiles from Madagascar. 



soft tubercles. Head compressed, without median crest. ]So 

 spines wliatever along the median line of the back ; no crest 

 along the belly. Body uniformly granular, without larger 

 scales. Head and occiput covered with smooth, small, poly- 

 gonal shields. Toes very short, with very small claws. 



Coloration without particular markings. 



Of this small species Ave possess only one example, 93 

 millims. long, the nasal appendage being 7, and the tail 45 

 millims. 



Mahanoro. 



Rana inguinalis. 



Head rather longer than broad, with the snout pointed, and 

 with the loreal region high and subvertical. Canthus rostralis 

 angular ; nostril immediately below it, nearer to the end of 

 the snout than to the eye. Tympanum two thirds the size of 

 the eye. Vomerine teeth inconspicuous, between the choanse, 

 which are rather small, round. Skin nearly smooth, without 

 folds. Limbs and toes slender. First and fourth toes longer 

 tha)i the second ; third longest. Toes broadly webbed, the web 

 reaching the penultimate phalanx of the fourth toe ,* the third 

 and fifth toes equal in length. Metatarsus with one smail 

 tubercle. Upper parts brownish grey, with small subsym- 

 metrical brown spots ; a subtriangular brown spot between 

 the eyes. A blackish band below the canthus rostralis and 

 the supratympauic fold. A deep-black spot in the inguinal 

 region. Limbs with brownish cross bars. Lower parts 

 whitish. 



millim. 



Length of body 34 



,, fore limb 23 



„ first finger b^ 



„ second finger 4^ 



„ third finger 7 



„ foirrth finger 5 



„ hind limb 64 



,, metatarsus 9^ 



„ fourth toe 17 



fifth toe 13 



One specimen from Anzahamaru. 



Callula notosticta. (PL XVI. fig. C.) 



Snout short, rather pointed, with distinct canthus rostralis. 

 Limbs of moderate length. Disks well developed, especially 

 on the three outer fingers and fourth toe. Inner finger 

 shortest ; third toe longer than fifth. Metatarsus without 



