Description of a new Batrachian of the genus Leptohrachhim, obtained by 

 M. L. FEA in tbe Karens Mountains, Burma. By g. a. boulenger. 



Leptoljraeliiuiu ea,i*iiieuNe. 



Vomerine teeth none. Tongue large, ])yriform, slightly nicked 

 posteriorly. Head enormous, nearly twice as broad as long, 

 extremely depressed , semicircular in outline ; the length of the 

 snout equals the diameter of the eye; nostril equally distant 

 from the eye and from the middle of tlie upper lip, which 

 does not project beyond the lower; interorbital space nearly 

 twice as broad as the upper eyelid, scarcely concave; loreal 

 region slightly concave; canthus rostralis well-marked; temjjoral 

 region very obhque ; no distinct tympanum. Habit very stout , 

 limbs short. Fingers and toes short, with slightly swollen tips; 

 first finger not extending beyond second; toes one third webbed; 

 no subarticular tubercles; a very large, oval, flat inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle. The tibio- tarsal articulation reaches the axilla 

 in the female , the commissure of the mouth in the male ; the 

 tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the commissure of the mouth 

 in the female, the ])Osterior border of the orbit ir^ the male. 

 Sides of body with irregular flat warts ; an oblique dermal ridge, 

 directerl outwards and backwards, on eacli side of the anterior 

 half of the back, some irregular ridges or small scattered tubercles 

 on the posterior half; a strong dermal ridge from the eye to 

 the shoulder ; upper eyelid witli two to four ' horns , or long 

 conical tubercles ; stellate bony deposits in tiie skin of the 

 parietal region and of tlie anterior part of the back; a tran.sverse 

 fold separates the head from the bodys slight obli(jue dermal 

 ridges across th(^ limbs; throat finely granulate, belly nearly 



