190 DR. A. GiJNTHER ON NEW REPTILES AND FISHES. [June 24, 



Phrynobatrachus. 

 (Fam. Ranid^.) 



Skin with large flat warts. Fingers quite free ; toes half-webbed ; 

 head pointed; tongue elongate, deeply notched behind; vomerine 

 teeth none ; eustachian tubes small, tympanum entirely hidden. 



Port Natal. 



Phrynobatrachus natalensis. 



A fold of the skin between the fore limbs ; greyish olive, marbled 

 with darker. Metatarsus with two tubercles, tarsus with a third on 

 the middle of its inner edge. 



Description. — Forehead flattish, without canthus rostralis ; sides 

 of the head subvertical ; snout somewhat pointed and rather longer 

 than the eye ; eyes of moderate size, with round pupil, rather distant ; 

 a fold in front and behind the orbit. Inner nostrils and eustachian 

 openings small ; lower jaw without prominences ; tongue longish, 

 deeply nicked behind. Body and limbs rather stout ; back and sides 

 with numerous large, smooth glands ; belly smooth ; an indistinct 

 cross fold between the fore legs. The fore leg, if laid backwards, 

 does not extend to the vent ; fingers and toes tapering ; the first and 

 third fingers are equal in length, and longer than the second and 

 fourth. Hind legs much longer than the body ; toes two-thirds 

 webbed, the third a little longer than the fifth. Dark-greyish olive, 

 marbled with darker ; an indistinct light streak between the eyes. 

 Lower parts dirty whitish ; throat with some obscure dark spots. 



lines. 



Length of the body 15 



„ fore leg 8 



„ hind leg. 23 



„ tarsus with fourth toe 7^ 



A single specimen was in a collection sent by Mr. T. Ayres from 

 Port Natal. 



Centropogon marmoratus. (PI. XXVIL fig. B.) 

 D. I . A. |. V. 1/5. L. lat. 68. 



The third to sixth dorsal spines are the longest, half as long as 

 the head ; the second anal spine longer and stronger than the third. 

 Yellowish, marbled with brown. 



Moreton Bay. 



Description. — This species is similar to Centropogon australis, 

 from which it will be readily distinguished by the shorter third dorsal 

 spine, which in C. australis is two-thirds as long as the head. The 

 height of the body is contained thrice and a half in the total length ; 

 the length of the head thrice and a quarter. Head slightly com- 

 pressed, with deep grooves along the interorbital space, which is 

 concave and much narrower than the orbit ; there is a slight groove 

 behind the orbits, across the occiput. Snout shorter than the eye, 



