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Pelobatidse, the spiraculum is sinistral. The tail is more than 
twice as long as the body, the total length of the largest tadpole 
being about 40 millim. The coloration is of a very dark brown, 
even on the belly.” 
Megalophrys hasselti (Tschudi). Plate 8, figs. 4 and 4a. 
Leptobrachium hasseltii Tschudi, Class. Batr. (1838) 81; Gunther, 
Cat. Batr. Sal. (1858) 36; Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Ecaud. (1882) 
441; Zool. Rec. (1885), Kept. 24; Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1890) 
37; Fauna Brit. India, Kept. (1890) 511; Isenschmid, Mitth. Nat. 
Ges. Bern (1903) 20; VAN Kampen, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 22 (1905) 712. 
Rana hasseltii Schlegel, Handl. Dierk. (1858) 56, pi. 4. fig. 71. 
Megalophrys hasselti Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1 (1908) 
425. 
Description of species . — (From Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1908.) “Tongue nicked behind. Vomerine teeth ab- 
sent. Head large, about once and J as broad as long; snout 
rounded, not projecting beyond lower jaw, about as long as 
orbit; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region very oblique, con- 
cave; nostril a little nearer end of snout than eye; interorbital 
space a little broader than upper eyelid; tympanum hidden or 
feebly distinct, its diameter i to f that of eye, from which 
it is separated by a space less than its own diameter. Fingers 
obtuse, not swollen at the end, first and second equal or first 
the longer, third nearly twice as long as second; subarticular 
tubercles, if distinct, irregular in their disposition; two moder- 
ately large carpal tubercles, inner a little larger than outer. Toes 
short, obtuse, like the fingers, webbed at the base in females, J to 
^ webbed in males ; third toe not reaching beyond base of ante- 
penultimate phalanx of fourth ; subarticular tubercles sometimes 
distinct, sometimes more or less confluent into an obtuse ridge; 
inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, feebly prominent. Tibio- 
tarsal articulation reaching the shoulder; tibia i to | length 
from snout to vent; foot as long as head. Skin smooth or with 
small tubercles above, granular on belly; a glandular fold from 
eye to shoulder.” 
Color. — “Brown, grey, or pale olive above, with small or large 
dark brown spots or marblings, which may be irregular or form 
a symmetrical pattern; a more or less distinct dark canthal 
and temporal streak ; sides of snout with dark vertical bars ; limbs 
with dark cross-bars; throat and belly dirty white, or brown 
speckled with white. Male with an internal vocal sac,” 
