1897.] REPTILES XSD BATEACHIATS^S OP CELEBES. 2-35 



with scattered small yellow spots ; limbs with more or less distinet 

 dark cross-bands ; flanks white, or purple with large white spots ; 

 lower parts white. Male without vocal sacs. 



Erom snout to vent 43 millim. 



Nine specimens: Loka (Bonthain Peak), 3500 feet, and north 

 slope of Bonthain Peak, 2600 feet. 



Indrulaman, S. Celebes, 2000 feet (Everett). 



Rhacophorus jjardalis, Grthr., is recorded from Minahassa by 

 Dr. Meyer, probably through confusion with B. edentulus. 



- 16. Sphen-qphyri^-e celebejj-sis, F. Miill. (Plate XVI. fig. 4.) 



Sphenophryne celebensls, P. Miill. Verb. nat. Ges. Basel, x. 

 1894, p. 841, fig. 



Tongue large, oval, entire. Snout short, rounded, with feebly 

 marked canthus ; interorbital space as broad as or a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum scarcely distinct, about one- 

 third the diameter of the eye. Tips of fingers dilated into very 

 large disks ; first finger shorter than second ; toes short, free, the 

 disks much smaller than those of the fingers ; no subarticular or 

 metatarsal tubercles. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the eye or 

 a little beyond. Skin smooth above, or with scattered small flat 

 warts ; a small tubercle sometimes present on the upper eyelid ; 

 belly granulate. Coloration very variable. Yellowish, reddish, 

 pink, or brown above, uniform or with darker spots or marblings ; 

 a triangular dark marking between the eyes, or an X-shaped or 

 hourglass-shaped marking from between the eyes to the inter- 

 scapular region ; upper surface of snout sometimes pink ; a dark 

 canthal streak ; a light vertebral line sometimes present ; greyish 

 or brownish beneath, uniform or mottled with dark brown. Male 

 without vocal sacs. 



Prom snout to vent 30 millim. 



Numerous specimens : Bone Mts., 4000 feet, Masarang Volcano, 

 Emponglar Volcano, Matinang Mts., 850 feet, Luhu, 300-1600 feet, 

 north slope of Takalekadjo. 



Several specimens were collected at Indrulaman, S. Celebes, 

 by Mr. Everett. 



17. Sphenophryne variabilis, BIgr. (Plate XVI. fig. 5.) 



Sphenophryne variabilis, Bouleug. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xviii. 

 1896, p. 64. 



Tongue large, oval, entire. Snout short, rounded, with feebly 

 marked canthus ; iuterorbital space broader than the upper eye- 

 lid ; tympanum feebly distinct, two-thirds or three-fourths the 

 diameter of the eye. Tips of fingers dilated into very large disks ; 

 first finger shorter than second ; toes short, free, the dis^ks much 

 smaller than those of the fingers ; no subarticular or metatarsal 

 tubercles. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the shoulder or the 

 tympanum. Skin smooth above ; belly granulate. Coloration 

 very variable. Grey, brown, purple, pink, or crimson above, 

 uniform or with darker marblings, or with a lighter yellow or pink 

 lateral streak ; a light vertebral line sometimes present ; sides of 



