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(cf. Fig. 5, 5 and 6, p. 25). The sacral diapophyses are slightly 

 dilated ; the fingers and toes are free and end in points. The 

 tongue is triangular, broader in front. The lining of the mouth 

 forms a transverse ridge across the palate, and another in front of 

 the oesophagus. The male has a subgular sac. The general shape 

 is stout, the head small and ending in a pointed snout. Colour 

 brown above, with whitish spots. Total length about 2 inches. 



Glyplioglossus has a peculiar tongue. It is elongated, notched 

 behind and in front, divided into two lateral halves by a deep 

 groove ; moreover, the tongue is not only extensively free behind, 

 but also slightly so in front. The skin of the palate forms a 

 transverse serrated ridge. The precoracoids and the omosternum 

 are absent ; the metasternum is a well-developed cartilaginous 

 plate. The sacral diapophyses are moderately dilated ; the 

 terminal phalanges are simple. G. molossus, the only species, is 

 olive-brown above, marbled on the sides ; the under parts are 

 uniformly whitish. This creature, about 2 inches in length, looks 

 like a roundish bag, with a ridiculous, short face. The type- 

 specimen, still the only one known, was taken by Dr Theobald 

 under the following circumstances : " I had halted one. day 

 within the tidal portion of the Ira wad dy delta, to enable my 

 boatmen to prepare their dinner. One of my servants, having 

 cooked his rice, poured out the hot water as usual on the ground, 

 and some of it went down a hole that happened to be near the 

 spot. No sooner, however, had the hot water disappeared than 

 out scrambled in great haste a fine Glyplioglossus , only, alas ! to 

 be transferred to a collecting jar." 



Phrynella. The tongue is heart-shaped, free behind. The 

 palate is smooth and toothless. The fingers and toes end in 

 small discs, supported by T-shaped phalanges ; the fingers are 

 free, the toes extensively webbed. Precoracoids absent ; meta- 

 sternum cartilaginous. Pupil horizontal. Malay Peninsula. 



Ph. pollicaris is dark olive brown above ; an oblique yellow 

 line runs from the. eye to the angle of the mouth ; a pale yellow 

 mark, across the forehead, through the eyes, and down the sides 

 of the body. A dark-centred yellow patch on the anal region. 

 The limbs are banded yellow and brown. The under parts are 

 brown, with paler specks, dark on the throat. Iris red brown. 

 The whole coloration changes considerably. 



"They inhabit the hills of Perak from 3000 feet upwards, 



