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species, 1| to 1|- times as broad as long; snout obliquely truncate 

 in profile, projecting beyond lower jaw, nearly as long as the eye ; 

 canthus rostralis sharp ; loreal region vertical or slightly oblique, 

 concave ; nostril equally distant from eye and from end of snout ; 

 interorbital space flat or slightly concave, as broad as or a little 

 broader than upper eyelid ; tympanum more or less distinct, 

 about half diameter of eye, the distance between eye and. 

 tympanum nearly equal to |- or once the diameter of the former. 

 Fingers with feebly swollen tips, first as long as or a little shorter 

 than second, which measures aboiit ^ length of third ; no sub- 

 articular tubercles ; no distinct metacarpal tubercles. Toes 

 moderate, with swollen tips, 4 to ^ webbed, the web extending as 

 a lateral fringe ; no subarticular tubercles ; metatarsal tubercle 

 flat, indistinct. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of the 

 snout or a little beyond, rarely only to between eye and nostril ; 

 tibia a little more than ^ or -| (rarely only g) length from snout to 

 vent ; foot considerably shorter than tibia. Ski a smooth, or with 

 fine granular- aspei'ities on the back ; fine gland vilar ridges may 

 be present on the body and across the limbs, one on each side of 

 the back being constant and a V-shaped one behind the head very 

 frequent ; a glandular fold from the eye to the shoulder. Brown 

 above, with darker, light-edged symmetrical markings, the most 

 constant being a triangular spot between the eyes ; a dark band, 

 capping the end of the snout as far as the nostrils and extending 

 along the loreal and temporal regions to the shoulders ; a light 

 streak along the upper lip, sometimes interrupted by a dark brown 

 bar below the eye ; limbs with irregular dark cross-bands ; hinder 

 side of thighs dark brown, with a i"ound white spot, which is 

 nearer the leg than the vent ; belly whitish, throat and breast 

 brown or marbled with brown, with darker, light-edged spots on 

 the lower lip, the last of which extends as a curved band to the 

 anterior face of the arm. Male with a subgular vocal sac and. 

 fine brown nuptial asperities on the inner side of the first and' 

 second fingers. 



Measurements of type specimens from Darjeeling : — 



From snout to vent 77 94 millim. 



Length of head (to occiput) 22 25 



Width of head 29 36 



Length of snout 9 10 



Diameter of eye 9 10 



Intei-orbital width 8 10 



Diameter of tympanum 4 5 



Distance between eye and tympanum ... 7 9 



Forelimb 48 59 



Hand 21 26 



Hindlimb 127 162 



Tibia 41 51 



Foot 37 45 



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