REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS FROM LIBERIA 781 
Arthroleptis calcaratus (Peters) 
1 ex. (M.C.Z. 11976) Ghanga. 
Arthroleptis poecilonotus Peters 
2 ex. (M.C.Z. 11977-8) Gbanga. 
1 ex. (M.C.Z. 11979) Bonuta. 
Arthroleptis taeniatus Boulenger 
1 ex. (M.C.Z. 11980) Monrovia. 
Arthroleptis werneri Nieden 
1 ex. (M.C.Z. 11982) Plantation No. 3, Du River. 
1 ex. (M..C.Z. 120383) Banga. 
Hitherto only known from the type localities — Banjo District and Ba- 
menda, Cameroons. 
Cardioglossa decorata Barbour and Loveridge 
Cardioglossa decorata, Barbour and Loveridge, 1927, Proc. New Engl. Zoél. Club, x, p. 15. 
Type, no. 12032, Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, male, from Banga, Liberia, collected by 
G. M. Allen, October, 1926. Five examples (M.C.Z., nos. 12027-12031), Gbanga, October, 1926; 
one (M.C.Z., no. 12032), Banga, October, 1926. 
A rather small, stout-limbed species, without tympanum, rather narrow forehead, and extraor- 
dinary coloration. 
Description. — Tongue rather large, cordate and deeply notched behind; nostril slightly 
nearer to tip of snout than to eye, its distance from the eye being less than half of the ocular di- 
ameter; eyes very large and prominent; upper eyelids almost equal in width to interorbital space; 
tympanum invisible; fingers moderately long, first shorter than second, which is slightly shorter 
than the fourth, the third longer than second by slightly more than one third the length of the latter; 
hind limbs rather short and thick, toes slender, unwebbed, the tibio-tarsal articulation of the ad- 
pressed hind limb reaches the eye. Skin of back with many inconspicuous flat glands; of all the 
surfaces smooth and shiny. 
Coloration. — Back deep mauve with (or without) a fine midvertebral white line, a black spot 
on each side of the postsacral region; sides with a broad conspicuous black band from tip of snout 
to insertion of thigh, faintly bordered anteriorly and boldly bordered posteriorly by a narrow 
area of pale mauve; the dark lateral stripe narrows posteriorly, and its hinder end is surmounted 
by another dark elongate blotch; hinder aspect of thigh with a conspicuous white streak bordered 
by a wide dark stripe below, and by a dark stripe having an uncinate projection above, anterior 
aspect of thigh pale mauve with a conspicuous dark longitudinal stripe, arms and feet spotted. 
Throat dark slaty gray; other lower surfaces white, with scattered round dark dots, most abundant 
on the anterior portion of the belly. 
Measurements. — Snout to vent, 19; length of head, 8.5; breadth of head, 7; diameter of orbit, 
2.5; length of tibia, 11; length of foot, 16; length of fourth toe, 8 mm. 
Cardioglossa liberiensis Barbour and Loveridge. 
Cardioglossa liberiensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1927, Proc. New Engl. Zoél. Club, x, p. 16. 
Type (only example), no. 12034, Museum of Comparative Zoédlogy, female, breeding, from 
Paiata and vicinity of St. Paul’s River, Liberia, collected by G. M. Allen, October, 1926. 
A slender, rather long-limbed, species, with tympanum barely distinguishable, and most 
peculiar coloration. 
Description. — Tongue small, round; nostril much nearer to tip of snout than to eye; distance 
from eye to nostril equal to one half the ocular diameter, upper eyelids distinctly narrower than 
interorbital space; tympanum large, perhaps almost half diameter of eye, but very indistinct 
(much more distinct on one side than on the other); fingers slender, first and second equal, third 
