1872.] F. Stoliczka — On Indian JBatraeliia. Ill 



from both the localities, and also from Allahabad. Even the youngest I exa- 

 mined had the toes slightly webbed at the base, consequently the young 

 referred by Blanford to this species, (Journ. A. S. B., xxxix, p. 375), could 

 not have been O. pulchra. 



22. Callula variegata, n, sp. 



Form typical, with a short blunt moderately depressed head, its width 

 between the eyes being a little more than the longer diameter of an eye ; 

 nostrils near the tip of the nose, moderately large, directed upwards and 

 forwards ; canthus rostralis rounded, loreal region above slightly concave and 

 sloping ; tympanum hidden ; skin smooth above, with a few scattered obtuse 

 tubercles at the sides, and below extending towards the vent ; skin between 

 the hind limbs moderately extended and loose ; an indistinct fold from behind 

 the eye to above the shoulder ; no teeth on jaw or palate ; choanse large, 

 ovate, an interrupted soft, not osseous ridge behind them ; a second much 

 more distinct transverse fold before the oesophagus, its edge is slightly papil- 

 lose ; tongue very elongately ovate, entire behind, and with fully two-thirds its 

 length free ; lower jaw with two slight apophyses. Fingers free, toes webbed 

 at the base only, both rather elongate, slender, with enlarged, truncate tips, 

 the enlarged tips being much more distinct on the fingers than on the toes. 

 Palm at the base with two ovate tubercles, the outer being double the size 

 of the inner ; sole also with two unequal tubercles, the inner compreesed 

 and only slightly larger than the outer ; tarsus without a fold. 



Entire upper surface on body and limbs more or less deep brown, va- 

 riegated with pinkish white, the markings towards the sides and hind-limbs 

 mostly dissolved into smaller or larger spots of purer white ; below, uniform 

 yellowish white, slightly dusky at the sides of the throat. 



,1 have examined two specimens* of this species, both collected by Mr. 

 W. T. Blanford at Ellore. They are very nearly equal in size, and have not 

 the appearance of very young individuals. One measures : body 1'25 inch., 

 hind-limb from anus to tip of fourth toe 1*4 inch., the free portion of the 

 third finger is fully 0*2, and that of the fourth toe fully 0*3 inches long. 

 The fore-limb when laid back just reaches with the tip of the inner finger 

 the groin, and the hind-Umb when laid forward touches the snout with the 

 tip of the fifth toe. 



The species resembles in general character 0. pulcJira, but has consider- 

 ably larger toes and fingers, a more elongate tongue and a different coloration. 

 It can hardly be referred to either of Jerdon's species, C. montana (? = ohscurdy 

 or C. carnatica,-^ the limb being considerably longer in the former, and 

 shoi'ter in the latter, but it is possibly the species to which Jerdon refers 



* One, lent to me by Dr. Anderson, in the Indian Museum and th.e other in my 

 collection. 



t Journ. A. S. B. xxiii, p. 533. 



