2J8 
L. V. MÉHELŸ 
One specimen from Villa Sana, collected in April 1903; adult male, 
its length 42*5 mm. from snout to vent ; strictly agreeing with Hensel’s 
excellent description. 
Habit of a stout Rana. Tongue large, oviform, slightly longer than 
broad, much broader behind than in its anterior part, slightly nicked and 
free behind. Vomerine teeth in two slightly arched series behind the cho¬ 
anae, distinctly separated from each other and laterally extending below 
the centre of the latter. Head depressed, slightly broader than long. 
Snout rounded, with not much prominent upper lip, longer than the 
greatest orbital diameter, once and a half as long as the diameter of the 
eye; canthus rostralis none ; loreal region oblique; nostril a little nearer 
to the eye than the diameter of the latter, much nearer to the tip of the 
snout than to the eye. Interorbital space narrower than the upper eye¬ 
lid; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers 
moderate, free, first much longer than second, the latter equal with the 
fourth ; an oval inner and a larger roundish or on its fore-edge slightly 
emarginated outer metacarpal tubercle ; subarticular tubercles strong, 
subconical; along the metacarpals some minute tubercles, viz. two on 
the first, second and third, but only one on the fourth metacarpal. Hind 
limbs short and stout. Toes moderate (shorter than those of Lepto dactylus 
mystaceus Spix), without any fringe ; subarticular tubercles as on the 
hand; two metatarsal tubercles, the inner oval, slightly compressed, the 
outer smaller and round; along the metatarsals distinct, but not very 
prominent series of small tubercles; tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 
the posterior corner of the eye. Skin smooth, with distinct pores, 
each surrounding with a whitish halo on the upper surface of tibia, tar¬ 
sus and metatarsus; flanks with slightly prominent oval glands; a fold 
above the tympanum curved to the arm ; a distinct ventral discoidal 
fold; a very slight trace of a tarsal fold. Male without external 
vocal sacs and without spine-bearing tubercles on the first digit. 
Coloration, Violet-rose above (in spirit), only the flanks, the upper 
surface of the forearm and outside of the hind limbs greyish, with a vio- 
lascent breath (pi. XIII, fig. ii). In a distance behind the upper eyelids 
a deep black streak on each side of the back ; flanks with longitudinal 
black spots, arranged in two rows, some of these spots enclosed in a 
greyish-white halo. A black band extends from the tip of the snout 
through the eye to the arm, enclosing the nostril and surrounding the 
upper part of the tympanum ; upper lip broadly edged with a blackish- 
brown band ; between this marginal and the canthal band runs a dirty- 
white stripe to the arm. Tympanum chestnut-brown, bordered in front 
with a small crescent-shaped white line and with a larger one behind, 
