. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 11, CALLITLA. 169 articular tubercles distinct,two metatarsal tubercles, inner moderately large, blunt. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-meta'tarsal articulation reaches the eye or a little beyond. Skin 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, cl. 5 & hg
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 11, CALLITLA. 169 articular tubercles distinct,two metatarsal tubercles, inner moderately large, blunt. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-meta'tarsal articulation reaches the eye or a little beyond. Skin 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, cl. 5 & hgr. Philippines. 3. Callula obscura. (Plate XIII. fig. 3.) Callula obscura, GUnth. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 438. ? Hylajdactylus montanus, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. xxii. , p. 633. 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. Male with a subgular vocal sac. Ceylon ; S. India. Sir A. Smith fP.]. (Type.) G. H. K. ThWaites, Esq. [P.]. Col. Beddome TC.]. Col. Beddome [C.]. Col. Beddome | C.]. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 4. Callula baleata. Kaloula baleata, Giinth. Cat. p. 122. Bombinator baleatus, Miill. Verhandel. Batav. Genootsch. 1836, p. 06. Hylasdactylns baleatus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 85; Dum. iif Bibr. p. 734. Kaloula baleata, Steindac
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