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Show 1899.] AND BATRACHIANS EROM FOKIEN. 163 9. TROPIDONOTUS CRASPEDOGASTER, sp. n. (Plate XVII. fig. 1.) Eye rather large. Rostral once and two thirds as broad as deep, scarcely visible from above; nasal completely divided; inter-nasals shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once and two thirds as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal as long as deep ; one preocular; three postoculars; temporals 1 + 1,2+1, or 2 + 2; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, dorsals rather strongly keeled, outer row faintly keeled. Ventrals 145-157; anal divided ; subcaudals 87-97. Dark brown above, with a rusty-red streak along each side of the back, accompanied by more or less distinct yellowish spots ; ill-defined black spots on the sides ; labials yellowish, with black bars on the sutures ; a short oblique yellow streak on each side of the nape, beginning on the last upper labial and directed backwards towards its fellow ; yellowish beneath, with an elongate black spot near the outer extremity of each shield, forming a Avell-defmed line on each side of the belly and tail. Total length 635 millim.; tail 185. Six specimens. Closely allied to T. Masiensis Blgr. Differing in the larger eye, the keeled outer row of scales, and the coloration. 10. TROPIDONOTUS PISCATOR Schn. A single specimen. 11. TROPIDONOTUS PERCARINATUS, sp. n. (Plate XVII. fig. 2.) Eye moderate. Rostral twice as broad as deep, just visible from above ; nasal completely divided; internasals much longer than broad, much narroAved anteriorly, longer than the prefrontals ; frontal once and three fifths as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; one preocular ; three post-oculars + one very small subocular; temporals 2 + 3; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, all keeled, dorsals very strongly. Ventrals 141; anal divided ; subcaudals 71. Greyish olive above, sides with light-edged black vertical bars ; the four anterior upper labials greyish olive like the upper surface of the head, the rest uniform yellowish white like the lower surface ; belly uniform yellowish white anteriorly, spotted and speckled with blackish posteriorly; lower surface of tail dark grey, with some black spots. Total length 500 millim.; tail 130. A single male specimen. Very closely allied to T. annularis Hallow. Distinguished by H * |