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Show 1875.] DR. A. GONTHER ON INDIAN REPTILES. 575 webbed ; disks large. Upper parts uniform greenish, the tubercles mentioned showing like white dots. Lower parts yellowish white. The anterior and posterior sides of the femur yellow, slightly marbled with green. One adult female was obtained by Lieut.-Col. Beddome from Travancore ; it is 26 millims. long, the length of the hind limb being 42 millims. IXALUS JERDONII, sp. n. Snout very short, somewhat pointed, with distinct canthus rostralis. Tongue with a free pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line. Tympanum extremely small, but distinct. Skin smooth. The length of the body is rather more than the distance between vent and heel. No fold along the tarsus; metatarsal tubercle small, indistinct; fingers with a rudimentary web ; toes short, half-webbed. Disks moderately developed. Reddish olive, with indistinct darker markings on the back. Femur colourless in front and behind. Lower parts whitish. Length of body 43 millims., of hind limb 63 millims. A single specimen from Jerdon's collection ; on the bottle it was marked as coming from Darjeeling; but it is possible that this is the same specimen mentioned by Jerdon as having been found by him "in the Khasis," Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 85. IXALUS BEDDOMII, sp. n. Allied to Ixalus femoralis and /. pulchellus, but with a distinct canthus rostralis. Snout short, as long as the eye, obtusely rounded in front. Tongue without free pointed papilla in the middle. Tympanum very small, covered by the skin. Skin on the back smooth. The length of the body is nearly equal to the distance between vent and metatarsal joint. No fold along the tarsus ; metatarsus with a small indistinct tubercle ; fingers quite free ; web between the toes very short; disks well developed. Upper parts uniform green, the lower whitish. The anterior and posterior sides of the femur are perfectly colourless ; and only a narrow stripe along its upper side is green. Several specimens, collected by Lieut.-Col. Beddome in Malabar, are 23 millims. long, the length of the hind limb being 35 millims. IXALUS STICTOMERUS, sp. n. (Plate LXVI. fig. C.) Snout of moderate length, rather pointed, with distinct canthus rostralis. Tongue without free pointed papilla in the middle. Tympanum very small, distinct. Skin smooth. The length of the body is less than the distance between vent and metatarsal tubercle; a cutaneous fold along the tarsus, commencing from the single small metatarsal tubercle ; fingers with rudimentary web; toes of moderate length, half-webbed. Disks moderately developed. Olive-coloured, with indistinct symmetrical markings on the back, an interocular cross bar being darkest. A dark streak along the canthus rostralis is continued over the tympanum. Femur with* three very indistinct PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1875, No. XXXVII. 37 |