. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 2. CALLUELLA. 181 metatarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. Skin of upper surfaces smooth or indistinctly tubercular, strongly porous ; upper eyelid tubercular; a fold uniting the hinder edges of the- upper eyelids: another from the eye to the shoulder; a broad glandular. Sternal appara fold from the eye to near the groin ; lower surfaces smooth. Beauti- ful magenta-red above: a purplish streak beneath the glandular lateral fold; yellowish white beneath, with very minute g
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 2. CALLUELLA. 181 metatarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. Skin of upper surfaces smooth or indistinctly tubercular, strongly porous ; upper eyelid tubercular; a fold uniting the hinder edges of the- upper eyelids: another from the eye to the shoulder; a broad glandular. Sternal appara fold from the eye to near the groin ; lower surfaces smooth. Beauti- ful magenta-red above: a purplish streak beneath the glandular lateral fold; yellowish white beneath, with very minute grey specks. Madagascar. o-c. 2 • Antongili Bay. 2. CALLUELLA. Calluella, Stoiiczka, Proc. As. Soc. 1872, p. 14G. Pupil erect. Tongue oval, entire and free behind. Vomerine teeth in a transverse interrupted series across the palate. Two cutaneous folds across the palate, the front one between the choanae. Tympanum hidden. Fingers free ; toes webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. Coracoids strong ; precoracoids very weak, imperfectly ossified, resting upon coracoids ; no omosternum ; sternum a small cartilaginous plate. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra moderately dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. India. 1. Calluella grittulata. Megalophrvs guttulata, Bh/th, Joum. As. Soc. xxiv. p. 717. Callula guttulata, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 490, pi. 40. f. 1. Calluella guttulata, Stoiiczka, I. c. Head small: snout short, rounded; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers moderate, first a little .shorter than second ; toes moderate, not one-third webbed; tips of fingers and toes blunt; subarticular tubercles well developed ; inner metatarsal tubercles large, shovel-shaped ; outer metatarsal tubercle none or indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards the body,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may
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