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Show 1895.] BATRACHIANS FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 539 Snout once and a half to once and two thirds as long as the eye; ventrals 153-163; subcaudals 64-95 12. brevirostris, Ptrs. C. Rostral a little broader than deep, scarcely visible from above; snout twice to twice and a half as long as the eye; nine upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye; ventrals 179-202; subcaudals 144-161 13. elegans, Shaw. II. Scales in 15 rows. Nine or ten upper labials (rarely eight); ventrals 142-164; subcaudals 100-131 14. biseriatus, Ptrs. Eight upper labials (rarely seven); ventrals 136- 155; subcaudals 62-81 15. crucifer, Daud. III. Scales in 13 rows ; ventrals 144 ; subcaudals 108 16. pulcher, sp. n. IV. Scales in 11 rows; ventrals 141-155; sub-oaudals 57-81 17. anyolensis, Bocage. 37. RHAMPHIOPHIS OXYRHYNCHUS, Reinh. Two specimens. Booree, 27.11.94. V. 171, 170 ; C. ?, 109. 38. CAUSUS RHOMBEATUS, Licht. Two specimens. Sheikh Husein, 16.9.94; Durro, 2.12.94. Sc. 20 ; V. 158, 166; C. 27, 25. 39. ATRACTASPIS MICROLEPIDOTA, Gthr. A single female specimen. Tooroo, 5.1.95. Sc. 31; V. 252; A. 1; C. 28, single. BATRACHIANS. 1. R A N A DELALANDII, D. & B. Tuago, 27.10.94; Webi Shebeli, 24.12.94; Sheikh Husein, 25.9.94. 2. RANA MASCARENIENSIS, D. & B. Tooroo, 5.1.95; 16.1.95. 3. ARTHROLEPTIS MINUTUS, sp. n. (Plate XXX. fig. 4.) Tongue with a free papilla in the middle. Head moderate, as long as broad; snout rounded, a little shorter than the diameter of the orbit; canthus rostralis rounded; tympanum hidden. Fingers and toes blunt; first finger shorter than second; toes webbed at the base, the web extending as a fringe to the tip ; a tarsal tubercle; a small, oval inner metatarsal tubercle; subarticular tubercles strong. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the posterior border of the eye. Skin smooth. Blackish brown above, whitish beneath ; a fine whitish vertebral fine. Male with a subgular vocal sac. From snout to vent 16 millim. A single male specimen. Durro, 2.12.94. |