1, OXTSLOSSTTS. 



1. OXYGLOSSUS. 



Oxyglossus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 85 ; Dvm. ^ Bibr. viii. p. 332 ; Gunth. 



Cat. p. 6 ; Cope, Nat. Hitt. Bev. 1865, p. 117. 

 Phrynoglossus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 29. 

 Microdiscopus, Peters, eod. he. 1877, p. 422. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue narrow, entire, and free beMnd. 

 Vomerine teeth, none. Tympanum indistinct. Fingers free ; toes 

 webbed, the tips not dilated into regular disks. Outer metatarsals 

 separated by web. Omosternum with a bony style ; sternum a 

 cartilaginous plate. Terminal phalanges simple. 



East Indies. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Tongue pointed behind 1. lima, p. 5. 



Tongue rounded behind ; skin nearly smooth ; 



a single metatarsal tubercle 2. Icevis, p. 6. 



TongTie rounded behind ; skin warty above ; 



two metatarsal tubercles 3. martensii, p. 6. 



Oxyglossus lima, Oiinth. Cat. p. 6. 

 Oxyglossus lima, Tschudi, Batr. p. 85; Dum. Sr Bibr.Tp. 334, pi. 86. 

 f. 4 ; Oiinth. Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 401 ; Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. 

 1870, p. 272, and 1872, p. 101. 



Tongue elongate, extensively free and pointed behind. Habit 

 stout. Head small; snout rather pointed; interorbital space nar- 

 rower than the upper eyelid. Fingers rather slender, pointed, first 

 not extending beyond second ; toes pointed, fourth not very much 

 longer than third and fifth, broadly webbed ; subarticular tubercles 

 very small ; two conical metatarsal tubercles ; a small tarsal tubercle 

 just below the tibio-tarsal articulation. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the 

 tip of the snout. Above with numerous small warts, beneath with 

 symmetrical rows of pores. Brownish above, with darker markings ; 

 sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; whitish below, with a dark 

 brown band beneath the arm and along the hiuder side of the thigh, 

 and a brown L-shaped mark on each side of the lower belly. Male 

 with an internal subgular vocal sac. 



Java ; E. India ; S. China. 



