16. BEETICEPS. 17. EHOMBOPHKYNE. 177 



2. Breviceps verrucosus. 



Breviceps verrucosus, GUnth. Cat. p. 62. 

 Breviceps verrucosus, Ba^p, Arch.f. Naturg. 1842, p. 289, pi. 6. f. 5 ; 

 Smith, III. S. Afr., Sept., App. p. 27 ; Steindachn. Novara, Amph. 

 p, 38. 



Snout more or less distinct. Entirely covered with distinctly 

 porous granular glands. Brown, with or without yellowish spots. 

 Perhaps not specifically distinct from the preceding. 



S. Africa. 



3. Breviceps mossambicus. 



Breviceps mossambicus, Peters, Arch. f. Naturg. 1855, p. 58. 



Skin quite smooth, or indistinctly glandular on the head and front 

 part of the back. Brown or blackish above ; a dark oblique streak 

 below the eye. 



E. Africa. 



a. d . Mossambique. Prof. Peters [P.]. 



i. d ■ Zambesi Biver. 



c. c? ■ Eiver Donda. 



17. RHOMBOPHRYNE. 



Rhombophryne, Boettg. Zool. Am. 1880, p. 567. 



PupU ? Tongue large, broad, and very long, entire, free on 



the sides, longitudinally grooved. A non-interrupted series of pala- 

 tine teeth. A cutaneous fold across the palate, between the choanse. 

 Tympanum concealed. Fingers and toes free, the tips not dilated. 



Madagascar. 



The sternal structure is not known. But as Dr. Boettger has 

 described this genus as allied to Breviceps, it is provisionally placed 

 here. 



1. Rhombophryne testudo. 



Rhombophryne testudo, Boettg. I. c. p. 568. 



Habit stout. Head very broad and short ; snout very obtuse ; 

 mouth small ; eyes small. Skin glandular, the glandules spinulose 

 on the snout and on the chin ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Greyish brown above, the glandules and folds lighter ; a blackish 

 streak on the loreal and temporal regions; hinder side of thighs 

 white, distinctly separated from the inferior side by a blackish zone. 

 Yellowish brown beneath, indistinctly vermiculated with whitish. 



Nossi Be. 



