4 ÅL. G. ANDERSSON, DR. E. MJÖBERGS EXPEDITIONS TO AUSTRALIA 1910—1913. 9. BATRACHIANS. 
Phrynixalus reginae n. sp. 
(Figs. I a—d.) 
Eleven specimens, Figures 1 a—d; ten from Malanda in the jungles, February 
1913, one from Cedar Creek, April 1913. 
Snout short, distincetly shorter than the orbital diameter, truncate or slightly 
rounded ; canthus rostralis rounded. HLoreal region high, straight, not concave; nostrils 
at the tip of the snout. Interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Eye 
large, with longitudinally rounded pupil. Tympanum hidden or slightly distinct, 
smaller than half the diameter of the eye. Tongue large, long, and oval, its posterior 
half free, rounded behind, or very sligthly nicked. Vomerine teeth none. No trans- 
verse ridges behind the choanae, which are small and placed just in front. A broad 
median groove in the palate between the rather much distended lateral parts; poste- 
riorly this groove is limited by a distinct, arched transverse ridge, which is divided 
by two notches into a mesial and two lateral parts, the former corresponding to 
the groove, the latter to the distended lateral parts of the palate. Behind this ante- 
rior smooth ridge there is a posterior one, crossing the palate in front of the oeso- 
phagus, very distinet and serrated; in the specimen figured the teeth of this 
ridge are eleven in number. Fingers rather long, perfectly free; the 1st small, extend- 
ing only to the middle of the 2n-d; the 2nd, 3th, and 4th with large triangular disks, 
more than twice as broad as the phalanges; the disk of the first finger small, slightly 
broader than the basal part. Toes free, short; their disks considerably smaller than 
those of the fingers, not twice as broad as the phalanges; the disks of the 1st and 5th 
toes small, sometimes hardly distinguishable. Third toe longer than fifth. A small oval 
inner metatarsal tubercle, no outer; subarticular tubercles large and prominent on the 
toes as well as on the fingers. If the length of the tibia is marked off from the knee 
forwards along the body, it reaches the hind margin of the tympanum or the eye. 
Skin smooth on the upper side; under the magnifying glass, however, it appears to 
be finely chagreened; the posterior part of the belly more on less granulate. 
No omosternum, no praecoracoid; coracoid well developed, dilated at the end 
which is connected with sternum; sternum a heartshaped cartilaginous plate. Ter- 
minal phalanges of fingers and toes short and thick, indistinetly T-shaped. 
The colour is very variable: The smallest specimen (13 mm) is uniform black, 
except the tips of the disks which are light, and the under parts of the thighs which 
are marbled with light. Another, somewhat larger specimen (22 mm, fig. 1 a) which 
also has retained its juvenile colour pretty well, has the upper parts almost uniform 
