420 ONT TAILLE3S BATRACHIANS FRO.M EAST At''RICA 



25. Hylambates johnstoni Blgr.* 



Mhonga. Ex-G.E.A. 



6 specimens. Length 27 to 45 mm. 



ENCiYSTOMATIDyE. 



Phhynomantis. 



26. Phrynomantis bifasciata Smith. 



Ex-G.E.A. Lumbo. 



3 specimens. Length 38, 40, and 48 mm. 



Dark purplish brown with pink markings, agreeing witli var. A 

 of the British Museum Catalogue. 



Breviceps. 



27. Breviceps mossambicus Ptrs. 



Morogoro. Kongwa. Dodoma. Lumbo. 

 15 specimens. Length 29 to 48 mm. 



Hemisus. 



28. Hemisus marmoratum Ptrs. 



Gonya. Morogoro. 



8 specimens. Length of largest 35 mm. 



Length of tibia, variable, going from 2;^ to 3 times in length 

 from snout to vent. The usual occipital fold is absent in 

 three specimens, and a, linear vei'tebral groove is pi'esent in three 

 specimens. 



B u F o N I D /E . 



BUFO. 



29. BuFo REGULARis Reuss. 



Kairobi. Ivedong Valley. Donya Sabuk. Tumu Tumu. 

 Longido West. Morogoro. Duthumi. 'J'nlo. 



27 specimens. Average length of adult 80 mm. 



E\-erv specimen luis either a fine liglit vertebral line or a 

 sunken line in the skin ; one female has its thighs marbled with 

 red, but there are none of the beautiful red forms figured in 

 Mr. Bonlenger's Second Report on the Grant Collection f. The 

 parotoids are very variable in length, sometimes 4 times as long 

 rts broad, and greenisli in colour. 



30. BuFO CARENS Smith. 



Nairobi 



1 specimen. Length 76 mm. 



* "At Mlionga, vvlieii my boy l)vou!j,lit me my mule which had been grazing in a 

 patch of kartir-corn, 1 was dfliglitcil to find my taddlo already occupied by a large 

 frog, whilst another was eusconci.'d in the nose-bag." — A. Loveeidge, Field JS^otes. 



t r. Z.S. 1907, ]>1. xxi. . 



