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or a tint intermediate between yellowish brown and ash-gray, and variegated with liver-brown : the 
variegations are a stripe on each side of nose; another behind the eyes on side of neck; a third, more 
or less distinct, immediately over the base of the fore-legs; an irregular transverse stripe or two 
blotches between the eyes; a diamond-shaped mark on the middle of the back between the fore-legs, 
in some individuals only in outline ; two spots towards hinder part of back, one a little before each 
hinder extremity; extremities with one transverse bar to each joint, and a few small dark freckles. 
Under surface of head and neck pale brownish red, the latter freckled with bluish white ; abdomen 
pale bluish white; under surface of thighs pale brownish red. Anus encircled with a dark ring. 
Length from nose to hinder extremity of back, 1 inch ; of anterior extremities to apex of longest toe, 
7 lines ; of hinder extremities to point of longest toe, 1 inch 4 lines. 
Inhabits the interior of Southern Africa. 
This species might be classed in the group Stenorhynchus, were it not that its tympanum is 
distinctly visible, and its toes free to their base. 
POLYPEDATES NATALENSIS, n. s. 
Head not quite so wide as the body. Back slightly convex; sides protuberant; posterior 
part of body very narrow. Anterior extremities short, and robust; toes slightly webbed at the 
base, their points moderately dilated. Hinder extremities long, and rather robust; the basal half of the 
toes webbed. Nose rounded ; rostral cnnthus distinct; nostrils lateral, nearer to the nose than the eyes, 
and immediately under rostral canthus. Eyes large, but not very prominent. Tympanum distinct, large, 
nearly circular, and close to external edge of eye. The skin of upper and lateral parts ol the head, back, 
and extremities, smooth; of the sides, chin, under parts of the head, belly, and under surface of thighs, 
granular; on the sides and belly the granulations are largest, and somewhat oblong. Tongue large, 
somewhat pointed anteriorly ; free behind for nearly half its length, and deeply bifid. Palatal teeth in 
two short oblique rows, one inside of each posterior nostril. Opening - of Eustachian tube moderately 
large. The ground colour of the upper and lateral parts of the head, back, and the outer sides of the 
extremities, pale cochineal-red, variegated with dull duck-green; the variegations are a longitudinal 
stripe under each rostral canthus, two spots immediately below each eye, and a long narrow waved 
longitudinal stripe behind each tympanum,; each of these variegations narrowly edged with deep black ; 
two or three small liver-brown spots on each side towards the base of hinder leg, each spot edged with 
dots of a darker colour. Outer surface of anterior extremities marked with a few imperfect liver-brown 
bars, and the same parts of posterior extremities barred or freckled with the same colour; the hinder 
and under surface of thighs light brownish red, freckled with sienna-yellow ; inner surface of extre- 
mities bluish white. Sides of body cream-yellow, irregularly variegated with brownish red. Chin 
and throat pale cochineal red, dotted with pale cream-yellow ; breast bluish white ; belly pale cream- 
yellow. Length 21 inches; length of anterior extremities 13 lines, of posterior extremities 31 
inches. 
The individual described (a female) is the only one I have seen, and was found on the leaf of 
a thick reed, growing on the marshy banks of a small river a little to the westward of Port 
Natal. 
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