1908.] BATRACHIANS OF THE GENUS MEGALOPHRYS. 427 



that the tail does not disappear until the size of about 40 millim. 

 (from snout to vent) is attained. 



13. Megalophrys oarixensis. 



Leptohrachium carinense Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) vii. 

 1889, p. 748, and Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 511 (1890); W. Sclater, 

 Proc. Zoo]. Soc. 1892, p. 347 ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) 

 xiii. 1893, p. 345, pi. xii. 



Tongue very indistinctly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth 

 absent or in two widely separated small groups between the large 

 choanfe *. Head very large and externally depressed, once and 

 I to twice as broad as long ; snout rounded, as long as eye or 

 orbit, not projecting beyond lower jaw ; canthus rostralis distinct ; 

 loreal region very oblique, slightly concave ; nostril equally dis- 

 tant from eye and from end of snout ; interorbital space neai'ly 

 twice as broad as upper eyelid ; tympanum completely hidden. 

 Fingers short, blunt or with slightly swollen tips, first and second 

 equal, about | length of third ; no subai^ticular tubercles ; meta- 

 carpal tubercles indistinct. Toes short, blunt or with slightly 

 swollen tips, ^ to | webbed, the web extending as a slight fringe 

 on each side ; no subarticular tubercles ; a very large, oval, flat 

 inner metatarsal tubercle. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching 

 axil or shoulder in female, commissure of jaws in males ; tibia 

 •^ to 4 length from snout to vent; foot longer than head. Skin 

 with bony deposits on head and anterior part of body ; a strong 

 transverse fold defines the head behind ; a strong glandular 

 fold from eye to shovilder ; upper eyelid with conical tubercles, 

 two to four of which may be enlarged and form very short 

 " horns " ; body with small scattered smooth warts, which are 

 larger and may be conical on the sides ; an oblique glandular fold, 

 parallel with the supratemporal fold, on each side of back, as far 

 as sacral region ; more or less distinct oblique glandular folds 

 across the limbs ; throat finely granulate, belly nearly smooth. 

 Upper surface of head and sides of body yellowish : back between 

 the dermal ridges purplish grey (brovai in spirit) ; eyes, dermal 

 ridges, and larger tubercles bordered with black; some of the 

 lateral tubercles pure white ; limbs purplish grey ; gular region 

 brown or purplish black ; belly brown or whitish. Male with an 

 internal vocal sac. 



6. 2- 



From snout' to vent 123 150 millim. 



Length of heatl (to occiput) 33 37 ,, 



Width of head 58 70 „ 



Length of snout 12 12 



Diameter of eye 10 12 



* The palate was toothless in the specimen originally described. Vomerine 

 teeth were subsequently found, by Mr. W. Sclater and by myself, in other 

 specimens. That the character is not of specific importance in this case is further 

 evidenced by the fact that a large female specimen from Fea's collection has a group 

 of vomerine teeth on the left side and no trace of them on the right side. 



