Dr. A. Giinther on new Reptiles and Fishes. 135 



as the trunk ; the third toe has a series of enlarged triangular scales 

 along its inner margin, forming a serrated edge. 



Shields on the upper and lateral parts of the head very numerous 

 and smooth. Nostril in a single somewhat elevated shield, situated 

 above the second and third upper labials. Rostral shield much 

 broader than high, subtriangular ; nine upper labials, the posterior 

 being considerably lower than the anterior ; there are three or four 

 series of small shields between the labials and the eyelid ; eyelids 

 entirely scaly. Seven lower labials ; scales on the throat conically 

 elevated. Scales of the upper parts of the body very small, of equal 

 size, each with a short keel or conical protuberance. A low crest, 

 formed by compressed triangular scales, runs from the occiput to- 

 wards the middle of the tail, where it is gradually lost. Scales on 

 the belly in transverse, slightly oblique series, small, but much larger 

 than those on the sides, strongly keeled. Limbs with keeled scales 

 of moderate size. The scales of the middle and posterior parts of 

 the tail are much larger than those on its basal portion ; all are 

 keeled, the keels forming continuous longitudinal ridges. Each 

 femur with a series of twelve to fourteen large pores filled with a 

 greasy substance ; praeanal pores none. 

 Tympanum larger than the eye. 



Each jaw with eighteen to twenty teeth on each side ; teeth tri- 

 cuspid, the lateral points being small; palatines with small teeth 

 posteriorly. 



Bright grass-green ; head and nape of the neck, three broad cross 

 bands on the trunk, and about fourteen broad rings round the tail 

 dark green. Nasal shield white. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 27 



Length of head (to tympanum) 1 2 



„ trunk (from tympanum to vent) . 4 5 



„ tail 21 6 



„ fore limb 2 11 



„ third finger 9 



„ hind limb 4 



„ third toe 1 



„ fourth toe 1 3 



Phrynobatrachus. 

 (Fam. Ranid^.) 



Skin with large flat warts. Fingers quite free ; toes half-webbed ; 

 head pointed ; tongue elongate, deeply notched behind ; vomerine 

 teeth none ; eustachian tubes small, tympanum entirely hidden. 



Port Natal. 



Phrynobatrachus natalensis. 



A fold of the skin between the fore limbs ; greyish olive, marbled 

 with darker. Metatarsus with two tubercles, tarsus with a third on 

 the middle of its inner edge. 



Bescrijition.— Y or ehtsA flattish, without canthus rostralis ; sides 



