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Show 1906.] OF THE GENUS NECTOPHRYNE. 6.1 variations having been noticed between several specimens of latter, the distinction drawn by Boettger between his species and that of Boulenger cannot be accepted. 8. NECTOPHRYNE MACROTIS Blgr. (Plate II. fig. 3.) Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xvi. 1895, p. 171. Examined in the Brit. Mus. :- The type specimen ( 2 ) from the Akar River, Borneo. 9. NECTOPHRYNE SIGNATA Blgr. Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1894, p. 645, pi. xl. fig. 1. Examined in the Brit. Mus. :- The type specimen from Rabong Mt., Kapuas Distr., Dutch Borneo. 10. NECTOPHRYNE MACULATA Mocq. Mocquard, Le Naturaliste, 1890, no. 82, p. 182; Nouv. Arch. Museum Paris, 3e ser. t. ii. p. 162, pi. xi. fig. 8. Examined in the Paris Museum :- 3 type specimens from Kina Balu, N. Borneo. 11. NECTOPHRYNE TORNIERI, sp. n. (Plate II. fig. 4.) Habit slender. Head moderate, as long as broad. Snout short, scarcely prominent, obliquely truncate, quite as long as the eye; canthus rostralis strong. Loreal region vertical, slightly concave in the upper part. Interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Tympanum exposed, vertically oval, about one-third the diameter of the eye. The distance between the anterior border of the tympanum and the posterior corner of the eye equal to half the distance between the anterior corner of the latter and the nostril. Fore limb slender, equal in length to the distance between vent and tympanum. Fingers moderate, much depressed, webbed at the base, dilated and truncate at the end, first a little shorter than second. The hind limb being carried forward along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the posterior border of the eye. Toes half-webbed, but the three distal phalanges of the fourth toe free. The tips of the toes less strongly dilated than those of the fingers. Subarticular tubercles well marked. Two well-developed metatarsal tubercles, the inner the larger. Skin of the upper part of body and limbs covered with numerous small round warts, irregularly distributed; the largest situated behind the tympanum and on the middle of the back ; beneath feebly granulate. The granulations are visible on the posterior part of the belly and on the under part of the thighs, and disappear on the throat. Brown above, with darker markings, especially two pairs on the back: one between the fore limbs, the other on the sacral region. A large lateral dark band from the eye, surrounding the tympanum, which is lighter in colour, and extending on each side |