Reptiles and Batrachians from New Guinea. 3 t5 



Rana macroscelis. 



Allied to Rana Owppyi. Vomerine teeth in two short 

 oblique series on a level with the hinder edge of the choante, 

 which are large. Head large^ subtriangular ; canthus ros- 

 tralis distinct ; loreal region deeply concave ; eye large ; inter- 

 orbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 very distinct, circular, two tliirds or three fifths the diameter 

 of the eye. Fingers moderate, the tips dilated into small but 

 very distinct disks, first extending beyond second ; toes webbed 

 to the disks, which are small ; subarticular tubercles large, 

 elliptic ; a single, feebly prominent, elliptic metatarsal 

 tubercle. The hind limb being stretched forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout. Upper surfaces minutely warty or granulate, the 

 granules largest on the sides of tlie head ; a short glandular 

 fold above the tympanum. Dark olive-brown above, witli 

 some light spots around the upper lip and along the canthi 

 rostrales ; lower parts whitish, throat largely spotted or 

 marbled with black. 



From snout to vent 140 millim. 



Camp of Sogere. Several female specimens. 



CallulOPS, g. n. {Engystomatidarum). 



Pupil erect. Tongue oblong, entire, slightly free behind 

 and on the sides. Palatine bones forming an acute ridge 

 across the palate, armed with a series of small teeth. A 

 cutaneous denticulated ridge across the palate, in front of the 

 oesophagus. Tympanum distinct. Fingers and toes free, 

 tips swollen into small disks. Outer metatarsals united. 

 Distal phalanges simple. No precoracoids ; no omosternum; 

 sternum cartilaginous. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra feebly 

 dilated. 



Intermediate between Callula and Xenobatrachus. 



Callulops Doriw. 



Head rather small, much broader than long, convex on the 

 frontal and occipital region ; eyes small ; no canthus rostralis ; 

 interorbital space much broader than the upper eyelid ; tym- 

 panum much larger than the eye. First and second fingers 

 equal ; toes moderately elongate ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 indistinct ; tibia two fifths the length of head and body. The 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the shoulder. Skin smooth. 



