. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 11. CALLULA. 169 articular tubercles metatarsal tubercles, inner moderately- large, blunt. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tafrso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye or a little beyond. Skill smooth, or with a few indistinct tubercles on the back ; a more or less distinct fold across the head behind the eyes. Olive above, with a large dark marking on the back; sides of head and body dark : beneath indistinctly marbled. Philippines. a-c, d. 2
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 11. CALLULA. 169 articular tubercles metatarsal tubercles, inner moderately- large, blunt. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tafrso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye or a little beyond. Skill smooth, or with a few indistinct tubercles on the back ; a more or less distinct fold across the head behind the eyes. Olive above, with a large dark marking on the back; sides of head and body dark : beneath indistinctly marbled. Philippines. a-c, d. 2 & hgr. Philippines. 3. Callula obscura. (Plate XIII. fig. '3.) Callula obscura. Giinih. liept. Brit. lad. p. 133. ? Hylsedactylus montanus, Jerdon, Jburn. As. Soo. xxii. 1853, p. 533. Snout short, rounded, as long as or a little longer than the orbital diameter; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Pingers moderate, the tips dilated into well-developed truncated disks ; first finger shorter than second ; toes moderate, one-third or half webbed, the tips slightly swollen ; subarticular tubercles distinct; two small metatarsal tubercles, the inner oval, blunt, scarcely prominent, the outer minute, rounded. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye or the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, or with small flat tubercles on the head and back : a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Above brownish or greyish with blackish angular markings, sometimes uniform blackish brown; beneath blackish brown spotted with whitish. Hale with a subgular vocal sac. Ceylon ; S. India. Sir A. Smith (Type.) G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. Col. Beddome PC.]. Col. Beddome [ Col. Beddome rC.]. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 4. Callula baleata. Kaloula baleata, Giinih. Cat. p. 122. Bombinator baleatus. Mull. Verhandel. Batav. Genootsch. 1836, p. 06. Hylsedactylus baleatus, Tsehudi, Batr. p. 85: Bum. § p. 731. Kaloula baleata, S
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