1872.] Stoliczka — JBarmese Reptiles Sfc. 147 



panum is distinctly exposed. These characters coupled with the presence of 

 palatal ridges necessitate a generic separation from Diplopelma, and I pro- 

 pose to name it after the first discoverer, Major Berdmore. 



Berdmorea. Habit Bufonine, with proportionately short hind limbs ; 

 head moderate, triangular, fingers free, toes webbed, tips of both very 

 slightly swollen, truncate, heel with two small tubercles ; skin granular ; 

 tympanum distinct ; eustachian tubes rather large, tongue entire ; maxillaries 

 sharp, edentulous, intermaxillary not ossified ; an interrupted fold of skin 

 behind the choanse, and two others further on on the palate, both papillose but 

 the posterior much stronger than the anterior ; sacral diapophyses dilated. 



Type : Berdmorea interlineata, (Bly th) , from Pegu. 



The live animal is one of the most beautifully coloured frogs. The en- 

 tu*e body is strongly tinged with vinaceous red, paling to golden yellowish 

 on the lower belly. The two longitudinal dorsal bands are sometimes not very 

 conspicuous on account of the entire upper sm'face being reticulated with 

 narrow vinous brown bands ; the large round spots in front of the bases of 

 the femora are deep pui^plish black, encircled with golden yellow. The sides 

 are also purplish black near the edge of the back, but the colour shades into 

 purplish towards the belly ; lips, throat and breast rich vinaceous. 



The fold across the occiput in the type specimen, re-described by Dr. 

 Anderson, appears to be accidental, for another beautifull}'' preserved one does 

 not shew a trace of it. Length of body 1'8, hind limb measured from vent 

 2*1, fore limb I'l inch. 



Berdmorea, according to the tj^DC species noticed, cannot be classed with 

 Biplopelma, nor with Callula, and it differs from any of Cope's or Peters's 

 genera which I can trace. The general appearance of the frog with its long 

 body, triangular head and comparatively short limbs is rather that of a 

 BJiryniscus, than of a Diplopelma. Mr. Theobald tells me that the species 

 lives under large stones and its movements are as sluggish as those of a Biifo, 

 or Callula, while Diplopelma (as observed in carnaticwni) is a powerfid 

 leaper, living near water or in the damp jungle. The fore limbs of Diplopelma 

 are proportionally much shorter and the hind limbs much longer ; the latter 

 attain their greatest length in D. Berdmorei, which, as I stated, (ante p. 

 110) also differs from the typical species, I), pulclirum, by its fully webbed 

 toes, terminating with much dilated tips. Whether this character is suffi- 

 cient for a generic separation of the species in question, I am not prepared 

 to say without an examination of the several South Indian Biplopelmata. 



