96 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new Beptiles and BatracMans. 



Trojpidonotus flavifrons. 



Dentition syncranterian. Head oval, very distinct from 

 neck ; snout short ; eyes moderate. Scales in 19 rows, feebly 

 keeled, of outer row smooth. Ventrals 146; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 95. Internasals truncated in front, about half as 

 large as the prgefrontals ; one prae- and two postoculars ; 

 loreal as deep as broad ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the orbit ; two superposed anterior temporals. Olive 

 above, with dark network ; two alternating series of white 

 spots along each side, upper on the sixth scale from the ven- 

 tral, lower larger and on the outer border of the ventral ; a 

 large yellow spot covers the forehead (pra^frontals, loreals, 

 prasoculars, and anterior half of frontal) ; sutures between the 

 labials black ; ventrals whitish, with large black spots ; the 

 black predominates on the subcaudals. 



Length to vent 300 millim. ; tail 153. 



A single specimen. 



Rana WhiteJieadi. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups just behind the line 

 of the choange. Head large ; snout obtusely acuminate, pro- 

 jecting, with angular canthus rostralis and deeply concave 

 loreal region ; eyes very large ; interorbital space narrower 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum half or three fifths the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending 

 slightly beyond second ; toes moderate, entirely webbed ; 

 disks well developed, about two fifths the diameter of the 

 tympanum ; subarticular tubercles small ; a small oval inner 

 metatarsal tubercle. Hind limb very long, the femoro-tibial 

 articulation reaching the shoulder ; tibia as long as the dis- 

 tance between the orbit and the vent. Skin nearly smooth ; 

 an interrupted glandular lateral fold from the eye to the 

 sacrum. Grey-brown above, with rather ill-defined darker 

 cross bands on the limbs ; tympanum reddish ; upper lip and 

 lower surfaces whitish. Male with an external vocal vesicle 

 on each side of the throat, below the commissure of the jaws ; 

 no humeral gland. 



From snout to vent 46 millim. 



Four male specimens. 



The nearest ally of this species is R. jei-hoa^ Gthr., which 

 differs in having longer hind limbs, a shorter, blunter, and 

 less projecting snout, smaller eyes, &c. 



