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Show 1875.] DR. A. GCNTHER ON INDIAN REPTILES. 569 webbed; two small metatarsal tubercles, no tarsal fold. Black upper side of the head generally grey or with some greyish spots. Throat, abdomen, and the lower side of the legs with large bright yellow spots. Several specimens were obtained by Lieut.-Col. Beddome from the Brumagherries. millim. Length of body 30 ,, hind limb 44 „ tarsus 8 „ fourth toe 12 BUFO BEDDOMII, sp. n. Crown broad, flat, without bony enlargement. Snout short, projecting, with well marked canthus rostralis. Limbs of moderate length. The first and fourth fingers a little longer than the second. Toes broadly webbed. Metatarsus with two small callosities ; no fold along the tarsus. All the upper parts covered with rough tubercles ; parotoid ovate ; about twice as long as broad. Tympanum very small; Eustachian tubes much narrower than choanee. Above dark brown, with some indistinct black spots ; the two inner fingers and the three inner toes whitish above. Lower parts whitish, densely marbled with black. One specimen was obtained by Col. Beddome in Malabar; it is 43 millims. long; hind limb 61 millims. BUFO HOLOLIUS, sp. n. (Plate LXIV. fig. A.) Crown broad, flat, without bony enlargement. Snout short, depressed, projecting, with well marked canthus rostralis. Limbs and fingers rather short; the fourth finger a little longer than the second. Toes short, webbed at the base only. Metatarsus with two small callosities ; no fold along the edge of the tarsus. Back with very flat, smooth, small glandular patches; also the parotoid is flat, scarcely raised above the level of the smooth skin. Tympanum perfectly circular, very distinct, not much smaller than the eye. Inner nares and Eustachian tubes narrow. Upper parts olive-coloured, marbled with brown ; lower parts whitish. One specimen was found by Col. Beddome in Malabar ; it is 38 millims. long; hind limb 45 millims. HYLORANA TEMPORALIS (Gthr.). Specimens collected by Col. Beddome in the Anamallays, and determined as "Hylorana flavescens" by Mr. Jerdon in 1870, prove to differ from H. temporalis only by having the brown temporal band extended on to tbe sides of the body. There is no evidence whatever that this is the frog " with the yellow sides" named "Banaflavescens" by Mr. Jerdon in 1854. POLYPEDATES CHLORONOTUS, sp. n. (Plate LXV. fig. A.) In habit somewhat resembling a Hylorana. |