. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 108 EANID^. tndinal median crest; eanthus rostralis angular; tympanum two thirds the width of the eye. Fingers slender, first as long as second ; toes webbed at the base ; disks rather large. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches beyond the tip of the snout. A conical tubercle on the upper eye- lid ; scapulary and temporal regions with small glandules and short folds ; a strong fold from the eye above the tympanum to the angle of t
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 108 EANID^. tndinal median crest; eanthus rostralis angular; tympanum two thirds the width of the eye. Fingers slender, first as long as second ; toes webbed at the base ; disks rather large. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches beyond the tip of the snout. A conical tubercle on the upper eye- lid ; scapulary and temporal regions with small glandules and short folds ; a strong fold from the eye above the tympanum to the angle of the mouth; the remainder of the upper surfaces smooth; belly granular. Dark brown above, lighter beneath. New Guinea. 2. Comufer dorsalis. Coruufer dorsalis, Gilnth. Cat. p. 84. Comufer dorsalis, A. Dum. Ann. Sc. Nat. (3) xix. p. 174. Halophila vitiensis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philacl. vi. p. 423. chryseus, Cope, Proc. Ac. PhUad. 1862, p. 154. platydactyla, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1804, p. Lower surface of hand. Lower surface of foot. Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of the choanae. Snout once and one third as long as the orbital diameter; eanthus rostralis angular; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; crown fiat; tympanum half the width of the eye. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second, the tips dilated into large disks ; toes moderate, webbed at the base, with small disks ; subarticular tubercles well developed; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- lation reaches in front of the eye. Skin smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs; a small tubercle on the upper eyelid. Greyish or reddish brown above, with more or less distinct blackish markings on the back ; sometimes a light line along the middle of the head and back and along the hind limbs; lower surfaces more or less marbled with brown. Fiji Islands ; (Java ?). a. Hgr. Fiji Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.'
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