REPORT OX THE BATRACIIIANS

COLLECTKI) HY THE LATE I,. F E A I V W E S T AFRICA

HY G. A. IIOI'LEVGER, F. R. S.

The very extensive collection of Batracliians, consisting of 640

specimens in a most perfect state of preservation, made by tlie
lamented L. Fea d~~ringlliis five years' travels in West Africa ( I )
has been entrusted to me for study by the Director of the Genoa
Museum. Like all the collections made by this gifted and enthu-
siastic naturalist, this has proved to be one of great interest,
comprising as it does representatives of no less tlian 50 species,
7 of which are here desrril~edas new, one heinpmade the type
of a new genus.
It lias hitherto been my privilege to describe all the herpeto-
logical discoveries of the distinguished man whose early death
is so deplorable. I again express my gratitude to Marquis G.
Doria and Dr. 13. Gestro at being able to add my own to tlie
numerous contributions which will be the fruits of his last exer-
tions and a fittingnieniorial to a life entirely demoted to the
advance of zoology.
APODA.

1. Dermophis thomensis, Bocage.

S. Thomk: Ribeira Palnia, 300 in., Vista Alegre, 200-300 ni.,
Agua - Ize , 500-700 in. The specimens from Agua - Izk are spotted
with brown.
ECAUDATA.

"2. Xenopus calcaratus, Peters.

Portuguese Guinea : Bolama.
(1) For the detailed itinerary, cf. R. Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva (3) I, 1904, 11. 95.
 Fernando Po: Punta Frailcs, Musola, 500-860 m.
French Congo: Fernand-Yaz, S'Djol6.
3. Hymenochirus feae, sp. n. (PI. I, fig. 1).
Very closely allied to H. boettgeri, Tornier, and agreeing
with it in every respect except that the fingers and toes are fully
webbed to the tips. Fniform blackish brown above and beneath.
The largest male measures 42 millim , from snout to vent ,
the largest female 46.
Six specimens from Fernand-Yaz, French Congo.

4. Bufo regularis, Reuss.

Portuguese Guinea: Bolama, Bissau, Farim, Rio Cassine.
French Congo : Fernand-Vaz, Lambarene.
3. Bufo latifrons, Blgr.
Fernando Po: Moka, 1300-1300 in.
This toad, originally described from the Benito River district,
and which has since been found in South Cameroon, is quite di-
stinct from any of the varieties of B. regula?+s. Its parotoids
may be quite as prominent as in that species; they are long
and narrow and parallel throughout in the Fernando Po specimens.
The diameter of the tympanum may equal 3/4 that of the eye.
The fingers are longer and more slender than in B. regularis.
F p to the present, although large collections have passed through
my hands during the last few years, I have not seen a specimen
of B. regularis from Cameroon, the Benito River district, or
Fernando Po.
6. Bufo funereus, Bocage.
Fernando Fo: Punta Frailes.
French Congo : Fernand-Yaz.
I now regard B. gracilipes, Blgr., as identical with this species.
7. Bufo tuberosus, Gthr.
Fernando Po: Musola, 300-800 In., Bahia de S. Carlos, 400 in.
8. Bufo preussi, Matschie.
Cameroon : Buea.
This toad, remarkable for its smooth skin, its hidden tympa-
num, its very shortly webbed toes, its very indistinct subarticular
and metatarsal tubercles, its very prominent, obliquely truncate
 IL\TRACIIIAVS FROM W E S T AFRICA 159

snout, is highly suggestive of an Atelopus, and specimens from

Topland have been described by Werner as Atelopus africanns.
I have had tlie skeleton prepared and it shows all the essential
characters of a Bufo. Males, and some females to a lesser degree,
have small pearl-like excrescences on the sides. A vocal sac is
absent. Some specimens are uniformly black: others are more
brown, with a pink, reddish-brown , or pale olive lateral Land,
and witli small whitish spots on tlie lower parts.
9. Nectophryne afra, Peters. (PI. I, fig. 2).
Fernando Po: Basil@, 400-600 in., Bahia de S. Carlos, 400 m.,
JIusola, 500-700 111.
French Congo : Fernand-Yaz, N' Kogo.
As I have already pointed out this little toad varies much in
d o u r and markings. A young specimen from S' Kogo, here
figured, is remarkable as being dark purplish brown above, witli
four curved whitish cross-bands, the first on the snout, the second
on the back of the head, from eye to eye: a large whitid1 spot
on the knee and another above the lieel.

Atelophryne, g. n.

Closely allied to Bufo, but first and fourth fingers and toes
rudimentary, and fifth toe absent. A very slight rudiment of
web between the toes.
10. Atelophryne minuta, sp. n. (PI. I , fig. 3).
Snout obtusely pointed, prominent, obliquely truncate, as long
as the eye; canthus rostralis angular; loreal region vertical; in-
terorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum hidden.
Fingers and toes obtuse; third finger twice as long as second,
third toe twice and a lialf as l o n g a s second; subarticular tuber-
cles very large, feebly prominent; two obtuse metatarsal tubercles.
Tlie tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout, or
between the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin wit11 small sniootli
warts above, granular beneath; no parotoids. Brown above, with
(lark and lighter marblings; a dark streak under the canthus ro-
stralis, sometimes continued on the temporal region and along
the side of the body, with or without a lighter streak above it;
lower parts dirty white.
 From snout to vent 20 millim.
Six specimens from Basile, Fernando Po, 400 to COO metres
altitude.
Eugyst omatidae.

11. Hemisus marmoratum, Peters.

Portuguese Guinea : Bolaina.

1'2. Rana occipitalis, Glhr.

Portuguese Guinea : Bissau.
13. Rana mascareniensis, 11. & 8.
Portuguese Guinea: Bolama, Rio Cassirie, Bissau.
French Congo: Fernand-Vaz, NJDjo16, Cape Lopez.
14. Rana aequiplicata, Werner.
Cameroon : Buea, 800-1 200 in.
Throat and belly lemon yellow.
To judge by the description, tile frog from Fernando Po de-
srrij~ed1)y Barboza du Borage (.Jorn. Sc. LisI). [2] I V , 1893,
1). 17) as h?. neiotonii, var. belongs to tiis species.
1:;. Rana newtonii, Bocage.
S. Tliom~?:Vista Alegre, 200-300 m.
10. Rana oxyrhynchus, Smith.
Portuguese Guinea : Bissau.
17. Rana albilabris, Hallow.
Cameroon: Buea, 800-1200 in.
Fernando Po: Musola 300-800 m., Kahia de S. Carlos, 400 in.
French Congo : Fernand-Vaz , N' Djole.
18. Phrynobatrachus plicatus, Gthr.
Cameroon : Buea, 800- 1200 In.
Fernando Po: Basil+, 400-600 m., Musola, 500-800 m.
French Con@ : Fernand-Vaz.
19. Dimorphognathus africana, Hallow.
French Congo : Fcrnand-Yaz, Lambarene.
20. Arthroleptis variabilis, Matschie.
Cameroon : Buea, 800-1200 m.
Fernando Po: Basilk, 400-600 m., Musola, 500-800 m., Moka,
1300- 1300 ni.
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21. Arthroleptis pcecilonotus, Peters.

Portuguest> Guinea : Bolama, Rio Cassine.
Fernando Po: Basile, 400-600 in., Musola, 500-700 in.
French Congo: Fernand-Taz , Lai'nharene , S' Djolo.
22. Arthroleptis minutus, Blgr.
Portuguese Guinea : Bolama.
Previously known from Sonialiland.
23. Arthroleptis calcaratus, Peters.
Cameroon : Buea, 800- 1200 111.
Fernando Po : Punla Frailes.
24. Arthroleptis cornutus, Blgr.
Cameroon : Buea, 800-1200 m.
Numerous specimens, some with, most of them without a light
vertebral line; the black spots on the belly may be absent, or
reduced to a pair on the breast; throat of males dark brown.
93. Arthroleptis dispar, Peters.
S. Thoin$: Ribeira P : h i a , 400-600 111.
Princr' s Island. 100-300 111.
26 Arthroleptis feae, sp. ii. (PI. I, figs. 4-6).
>
Tongue will1 a conical median papilla. Head moderate , as
long as broad; snout rounded, as long as the eye, with obtuse
cantlius; nostril equally distant from the eye and from the end
of the snout; interorhital space broader than the upper eyelid;
tympanum hidden. Fingers sliort, first and second equal, more than
lialf as long as third, the tips dilated into small but very distinct
disks; foot half the length of head and body; toes rather short,
very distinctly (one fourth to one third) webbed, tlie web exten-
ding as a narrow fringe on the sides of the tips, which are dilated
like the fingers; suharticular tubercles small hut very promineni;
two small hut very p r o i i ~ i n c ~metatarsal
~t tuliercles , inner oval ,
outer round; a small rounded tubercle on tlie inner side of the
tarsus, connected with tlie inner metatarsal tubercle by a narrow
&
dermal ridge; the distance between the two metatarsal tubercles
equals or nearly equals the distance between the inner and tlie
tarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation readies the eye. Skin
more or less tubercular above, often with granular asperities.
Very dark brown above with more or less distinct black markings,
or entirely blackish; limbs with rather ill-defined black cross-bars;
lips and sides of body and of thighs usually spotted or dotted
Ann. del Mus. Civ. lit St. Nat. Seric Vol. I1 (10 Maggio 1900). it
witli whitish; rarely a Lroacl whitish vertebral stripe, which may
1x2 accompanied by a whitish line along the back of the t h i g h
and the inner side' of the legs; throat or throat and breast dark
Lrown ur black, uniform or witli round white spots; belly dirty
whit? , uniform or mottled with brown. Male with a subgular
voc:d s a c
The largest male measures 12 millim., the largest female 15.
5; specimens from Prince's Island, at altitudes of 100 to 300 in.
27. Arthroleptis ogoensis, sp. n. (Pi. I, figs. 7-8).
Tongue with :i conical median papilla. Head moderate, as long
ah broad; snout obtusely pointed, as long as the eye, with obtuse
canthus; nostril equally distant from the eye and from the end
of tlie snout; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid;
tympanum hidden. Fingers moderate , first and second equal ,
more than half as long as third, the tips feebly dilated; toes mo-
derate , nearly half webbed, the web extending as a fringe on
tlie sides to tile tips , which are dilated into small but very di-
htinct disks; subarticular tubercles small but very prominent; two
small but very prominent metatarsal tubercles, inner oval, outer
round; a small rounded tubercle on the inner side of the tarsus,
connected with the inner metatarsal tubercle by a narrow dermal
ridge; the distance lx'tween the two metatarsal tubercles is cori-
sider:tl~ly less than the distance between the inner and the tarsal
tubercle. Tlie tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth
or with small warts above; a fold from the eye to the slioul-
der. Brown above, with indistinct darker inarl~lings on the back
and cross-bands on the limbs; sometimes a light vertebral streak;
lips with large dark brown spots; hinder side of thighs with a
more or less distinct wliitc, black-edged stripe; lower parts white,
tliroat sometimes spotted with brown in tlie female, dark brown
in the male. 'Male witli a subgular vocal sac.
From snout to vent 20 milliin.
Five spn-iniens from Lambarone, Ogowe.
I have recently revised the large material of this genus of
frogs at my disposal, and after various synonymic identifications
and eliminations to which I have recently alluded in tlie Annals &
Magazine of Natural History (XVII, 1906, p. 3201, I find that as
many as 18 species of Arihroleptis are capable of definition.
The following synopsis may serve for their identification. A . sle-
 1SATRACllI:iSS FROM WEST AFRICA 163
tzodaciylus, t'roiii E. Africa and A. howidus from Madagascar,
a r e only k n o w n t o m e from descriptions and figures.

Synopsis of the Species of the Genus Arthroleptis.

I. - Tympanum very distinct; a single metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal
tubercle; toes free or with a slight rudiment of web; third finger
much elongate in the males.
A. Tibio-tarsal articulation not reaching
beyond the tympanum; tips of fin-
gers and toes slightly dilated.
1. First finger as longas second.
Metatarsal tubercle muchshorter than
inner toe . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . A. zvahlhergii, Smith, 1849.
Metatarhal tubercle as long as the
inner toe . . . . . . . . . . . 2. A. whytii, Blgr. 1897.
2. First finger shorter than second 3. A. xenochirus, Blgr. 1905.
B. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching
the eye or between the eye and
the tip of the snout.
1. First finger aas longas second.
Tips of fingers and toes not dilated. 4. A. stenodactylus, Pfeff. 1893.
Tips of fingers and toes feebly dilated;
metatarsal tubercle as long as inner toe 5. A. variabilis, Matsch. 1893.
Tips of fingers and toes feebly dilated;
metatarsal tubercle shorter than inner
toe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. A. poecilonotus, Peters. 1863.
2. First finger much shorter than
second; tips of fingers and toes rather
strongly dilated . . . . . . . . . 7. A. taeniatzis, BIgr. 1906.
11. - Tympanum rather indistinct; a single
metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal tubercle;
head and body rough with spine-like
warts. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. A. horridus, Bttgr. 1880.
111. -Tympanum rather indistinct or hidden;
two small metatarsal tubercles and a
third tubercle on the tarsus; toes with
a t least a very distinct rudiment of
web; third finger not longer in the
male than in the female.
A. Toes not one fourth webbed.
1. No conical or spine-like tubercle on
the upper eyelid.
Tips of fingers and toes slightly
swollen; inner metatarsal tubercle e-
qually distant from the outer and from
the tarsal tubercle. . . . . . . . 9. A. minutus, Blgr. 1895.
 Tips of fingers and toes dilated into
distinct disks; inner metatarsal tuber-
cle nearer the tarsal tubercle. . . . 10. A. butesii, Blgr. 1906.
2. A conical or spine-like tubercle on
the upper eyelid; tips of fingers and
toes dilated into distinct disks.
T i b i o - t a r 4 articulation reachingthe
tip of the snout or between the eye
and the tip of the snout; foot a t least
hull' tho length of head and body . . 11. A. c u l c u ~ ~ a t uPeter?.
s, 1863.
Tibio-tarha1 articulation not reaching
beyoiid eye; foot not half length of
head and body . . . . . . . . . 1'2. A. cornutus, B l g . 1900.
B. Toes one fourth to one third nebbod;
no spine-like tubercle on tlie upper
eyelid.
Tips of fingers and toes dilated into
very distinct disks; inner metatarsal
tubercle considerably nearer t o t h e
uuter than to the tarsal tubercle . . 13. A. &spar, Peters. 1870.
Tips of fingers and toes dilated into
\ c r y distinct disks; inner metatarsal
tubercle nearly equally distant from
the outer and from the tarsal tubercle 14. -1. feae, Blgr. 1906,
Tips of fingers and toes very slightly
swollen; inner metatarsal tubercle
nearly equally distant from the outer
and from t h e tarsal tubercle . . . . 15. A. parvulus, Blgr. 1905.
C. Toes nearly half webbed.
Tips of tinkers and toes v e r j slightly
h-svollen; tibio-tarsal articulation reach-
i n s the eye . . . . . . . . . . 16. A. bottegi, Blgr. 1895.
Tips of fingers and toes 1 ery slightly
swollen; tibio-tarsal articnl a t'ion rea-
cliing tip of snout . . . . . . . . 17. A. moorii, Ltlgr. 1898 (I)

T i p of toes dilated into verj distinct

didis; tibio-tarsal articiilcdion reaching
Hie eye . . . . . . . . . . . . 18. A . ogoensis, Blgr. 1906.

28. Gampsosteonyx batesii, I@.

Cameroon : Buca, 800- 1200 111.
2:). Petropedetes cameronensis, 1icii.-lien.
Cameroon : Buea, 800-1200 in.
(11 In addition to the type, from the south end of J.ake Tanganyika, I have ex-
amined a specimen, apparently of the same specieb. obtained 11)' the late Mr. Grcshoff
at the Stanley Pool.
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Fornando Po : Musola, 500-700 in.
An adtanced tadpole with fully (le~elopedhind limbs and rc-
ducal tail, from Musola, has preserved the
larval mouth, mliich is here figured. The
lower mandible is shaped like a Y, with
the branches feebly (111ergin"" three row s
of labial teeth abo\e and as many beneath,
the outer upper marginal, the outer lomer
with a papillose border; a median chink
in the upper lip.
30. Petropedetes newtonii , Bocape.
Fernando Po: Musola, X N M O O 111.
31. Chirornantis rufescens, Gthr.
Fernando Po: h h i a de S. Carlos.
32. Rappia marrnorata, Rapp.
Portuguese Guinea : Bolama.
French Congo : Lambarene.
33. Rappia pleurotaenia, Blgr.
French Congo : Fernand-Yaz.
34. Rappia ocellata, Gthr.
Fernando Po : Punta Frailes.
35. Rappia concolor, Hallow.
Portuguex Guinea: Bolama.
S. Thorn&: Agua-Ik, 400-700 m.
Prince' s Island.
36. Rappia picturata, Peters.
French C o n p : Fernand-Yaz, Lambarene.
S. Thorn4 : Vista Alepre, Agua -126.
This species is barely distinguishable from tlie preceding by
tlie more considerably webbed fingers. Possibly not separable
from I?. fuscigula, Bocage.
5 37. Rappia phantastica, Blgr.
French Congo : Fernand-Vaz.
38. Rappia platyceps, Blgr.
French Congo : Fernand-Vaz.
39. Rappia cinctiventris, Cope.
Portuguese Guinea : Bolama.
Some specimens uniform pale greyish brown, others 11 ill1 dark
spots and symmetrical marking's.
 40. Meaalixalus fornasinii, Bianc.
Cameroon : Buea.
Fernando Po: Punta Frailes , Bahia de S. Carlos , 200 in. ,
Musola, 500-700 in.
French Congo : Fernand-Vaz, Lambarene.
This species varies enormously in its markings. Although not
exceeding a length of 33 inillim. when full-grown , young speci-
inens with remains of the larval tail measure 20 millim. froin
snout to vent.
41. Megalixalus immaculatus, Blgr.
French Congo : Fernand-Vaz.
42. Hylambates bocagii, Gthr.
Portuguese
- Guinea : Bolama.
The careful comparison of a large series of specimens froin
Angola, Portuguese Guinea, Abyssinia (Lake Tsana) and Shoa ,
among which examples received from Prof. Barboza du Bocage
under the names of Hylambates angolensis and 15. cinnamo-
,iiens, has resulted in the allocation of these names, as well as
of that of H. viridis , Gtlir. , to the synonymy of H. bocagii,
the characters by which these supposed species have been defined
as distinct from one another being, in my opinion, due to indivi-
dual variations. The specimens collected by L. Fea are small, but
on the other hand others obtained at Zegi , on Lake Tsana , by
Mr. E. Degen, are identical in size and markings with the Angola
specimens on wliicli Barboza du Bocage founded his H. angolensis.
H. marginatus, which is only known to me from the description,
appears to differ in tlie longer toes (foot more than half tlie
length of head and body).
Advanced tadpoles which I refer to this species, the hind limbs
being well developed, have a long, finely attenuate tail with liigli
crests shaped as in our Hyla nrborea, but the dorsal crest not
extending on the body. The spiraculuin is on the left side, the
an:d opening on the right. Beak normal , black-edged; papillose
edge of tlie lip broadly interrupted
above by the outer row of labial teeth;
these are disposed in 5 series; in the
upper lip the second series is narrowly
interrupted in the middle, the following
are strictly lateral and p a d u a l l ~nar-
 rower; in the lower lip, the inner series is narrowly interrupted
in the middle, the three others are continuous. Body and tail
largely spotted and marbled with black; a black streak along
the middle of the side in the second half of the tail.
Head and body 18 milliin. ; tail 33 ; width of body 13; depth of
tail 19.
43. Hylambates hyloides, sp. 11. (Pi. 11. figs. 1-2).
Vonwrine teeth in two small groups between the c1w:inae.
Head broader than long; snout rounded, as long as the diameter
of the eye; interorbital space as broad as tlie upper eyelid; t p -
panum moderately distinct, about half tlie diameter of the eye.
Fingers moderate, free; toes with a mere rudiment of web; disks
of fingers and toes rather large, as much developed as in Hyla
arborea; inner metatarsal tubercle strong , compressed , shorter
than the inner toe. The tihic-tarsal articulation reaches the tyin-
panum. Skin finely areolate above , coarsely granulate beneath.
Green or brownish olive above, uniform or with dark symmt"trica1
-
spots or streaks often uniting with a triangular or T shaped
I
marking between the eyes; constantly a dark streak, light-edged
above, from the end of the snout along the canthus rostralis and
above tlie tympanum to the side of the body, where it may
break up into small spots; limbs sometimes with dark cross-Lars.
Male with a moderately developed subgular vocal sac.
From snout to vent 48 inillim.
Numerous specimens from Bolama, Portuguese Guinea.
This species, which in form and colour closely resembles our
European Tree-frog, is easily distinguished from the preceding Ly
the much larger digital disks.
Prof. Barbom du Borage has recorded (J. Sc. Lish. [2] n.O XIV.
1896. p. 81) two species from Bolania: H. viridis , Gtlir. , and
H. cinnamoiiieus , Boc. The British Museum having rereiv-d
&
from the Lisbon Museum a specimen from Bolama under tlie
name of H. cinnamomeus, which is identical with H. viriclis,
it is probable that Bocage's H. viridis , is the species here de-
scribed as new.
44. Hylambates leonardi, sp. n. (Pi. 11. fig. 3).
Tomerine teetli in two small groups just 1)eliind the low1 of
tlic choanae. Head slightly broader than long; snout rounded, as
long as 111e diameter of the eye: interorbital space as broad as
the upper eyelid; tympanum two fifths the diameter of the eye.
Fingers rather long, free, with large disks (as large as the
tympanum'); toes half webbed, the disks a little smaller than
those of the fingers; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, feebly
prominent. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin
smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs. Brown above
with or without small black spots; groin marbled with black
and yellow, upper surface of arm and thigh, and inner surface
of tibia more or less regularly barred with black and yellow;
lower parts brownish. Male with two black external gular vocal
sacs, and a small gular disk between them.
From snout to vent 54 millini.
A. male specimen from Punta Frailes , Fernando Po , and a
female from N'Djolt!, French Congo. Also two young, with a ye-
stige of tail, from Punta Fr ai'1es.
This species is closely allied to the East African H. maczilatus,
A. Bum., from which it is distinguished hy the longer hind limbs
and the more developed digital disks. It bears some resemblance
to 13. greshoffi, Scliiltlmis, of which I have been able to examine
the type tlianks to the kindness of Prof. Hubredit, hut it differs
in the free fingers and the half-webbed toes.
43. Hylambates aubryi, A. Dum.
Cameroon: Buea, 800-1200 m.
46. Hylambates brevipes, sp. n. (PI. 11. fig. 4).
Yomerine teeth forming a transverse, scarcely interrupted series
just behind the level of the choanae. Head once and one third as
broad as long snout rounded, as Iongas the diameter of the eve;
interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum two
thirds the diameter of the eve. Fingers rather short, barely one
fourth webbed, with large disks; toes half webbed, with large
disks ; inner metatarsal tubercle strong, compressed, about two
thirds the length of the inner toe. The tibio-tarsal articulation
reaches the shoulder; tibia two fifths the length of head and
body. Skin granulate above and on the belly, smooth on the
throat. Bluish grey above, with lichen-like yellowish variegations
defining an hour-glass shaped area of the ground colour from the
interorhital region to about the second third of the hack; sides
white, marbled with purplish brown; sides of thighs purplish
brown; lower parts white, tliroat and breast dotted with brown.
 IiATRACIIIANS FROM WEST AFRICA Hi9
From snout to vent 63 millim.
A single female specimen from Musola, Fernando Po, 500 to
800 in. altitude.
This species is allied to H. a111)ryi,but well distinguished hy
the shorter hind limbs and the position of the voinerine teeth.
47. Hylambates calcaratus, Blgr.
Cameroon: Buea , 800-1 200 in.
48. Hylambates rufus, Reichen.
Cameroon: Buea , 800-1 200 in.
Feruando Po : Punta Frailes , Basilk, 400-600 in.
French Congo : Fernand-Vaz.
Several specimens, belonging to three colour varieties: the
typical form described by Reichenow, the Tar. notata. Peters,
and the Tar. boulengeri, Wern., or combining characters of these
three forms.
49. Hylambates palmatus, Peters.
Cameroon : Buea , 800-1 200 in.
Fernando Po : Punts Frailes.
50. Hylambates brevirostris, Werner.
Fernando Po: B a d e , 400-GOO in., Bahia de S. Carlos, 400 111.
The specimens are uniform green above, and the skin of the
back is strongly granulate, almost as much as on the belly; these
granulations may extend over the tympanic area.
Our knowledge of the species of this genus has been greatly
extended since the publication of the British Museum Catalogue
in 1882. I have made a careful revision of the specimens pre-
served in the Museum and compared them with the descriptions
of other authors. As stated above I cannot accept some of the
species recently described by Barboza du Bocage. The large ma-
terial collected in South Cameroon hy Mr. G. L. Bates shows
Mocquard's Hylambates ocellatus to be only a colour variety
of 15. aubryi, Peters's 13. dorsalis is perhaps no Hylanzbates
at all, whilst Boettger's H. microtympanum has proved to Le a
Rhacophorns. After these omissions we have still 22 species,
which arc hripfly defined in the following synopsis.
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Synopsis of the species of the Genus Hylambates.

I. - Toes slightly webbed a t the base (not more than one third webbed);
fingers free; tibio-tarsal articulation not reaching the eye.
A. Tibio tarsal articulation not reaching
beyond the axil; tibia not one third
the length of head and body; metatarsal
tubercle oval, feebly prominent. . . 1. H. cassinoides, Blgr. 1903.
B. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching be-
tween the shoulder and the posterior
border of the eye; tibia more than one
third the length of head and body;
metatarsal tubercle strong, compressed.
1. Tips of fingers and toes very slight-
ly dilated.
Foot not more than half the length
of head and body; metatarsal tubercle
nearly as long as the inner toe . . . 2. H. bocagii, Gtlir. 1864.
Foot not more than half the length
of head and body; metatarsal tubercle
much shorter than the inner toe . . 3. H. anchietae, Bocage, 1873.
Foot more than half the length of
head and body . . . . . . . . . 4. H. marginatzts, Bocage, 1805.
2. Tips of fingers and toes as much
dilated as in HyZa arborea; metatarsal
tubercle much shorter than the inner toe 5. H. hyZoides, Blgr. 1006.
11. - Toes a t least half webbed.
A . Fingers free; toes half webbed.
1. Metatarsal tubercle strong, ~ e r y
prominent . . . . . . . . . . . 6. H. argenteus, Pfeff. 1893.
2. Metatarsal tubercle small, feebly
prominent.
Tibio-tarsal articulation reachingthe
tympanum; vomerine tooth on a level
with the posterior border of the choanae 7. H. maculatus, A. Dum. 1853.
Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the
eye; vomerine teeth just behind tlia
level of the choanae . . . . . . . 8. H. Zeonardi, Blgr. 1900.
B. Fingers with a mere rudiment ol' web.
1. Toes half webbed, three distal
phalanges of fourth toe and two of
fifth free.
a . Metatarsal tubercle oval, not corn-
pressed.
Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the
tympanum. . . . .. . . . . . 9. H, ragassii, Blgr. 1896.
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Tibio-tarsal articulation reachingthe

eye; interorbital space as broad as the
upper eyelid . . . . . . . . . . 10. H. vannutellii, B l g . 1898.
Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the
eye; interorbital space broader than tlie
upper eyelid . . . . . . . . . . 11. II. cubito-cilbus, Blgr. 1906.
&. Metatarsal tubercle strong, com-
pressed.
a. Vomerine teeth between t h e
choanae; tibio-tarsal articulation reach-
ing the eye, or between the eye and
the tip of tlie snout.
Disks of fingers and toes small . . 12. H. johnstonii, Blgr. 1897.
Disks of fingers and toes large. . . 13. H. aubryi, A. Dum. 1856.
J?.Vomerine teeth behind the choanae.
Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching t h e
shoulder. . . . . . . . . . . . 14. H. brevipes, Blgr. 1906.
Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching
the lip of the snout . . . . . . . 15. If. haugi, Mocq. 1002.
2. Toes webbed to tlie diks of the
third and fifth ; metatarsal tubercle
oval, not compressed; head not broader
than long; vomcrine teeth just behind
Hie level of the choanae. . . . . . 16. H. greshoffi, Schilth. 1889.
C. Fingers a t least one third uebbed;
toes more than half ^ebbed, the web
e x t e n d i n g t o the penultimate phalanx
of the fifth toe; metatarsal tubercle
not o r but slightly compressed.
1. Head not more than once and one
fourth as broad as long.
a. Tympanum more than half the
diameter of the eye.
Outer fingers one third webbed; toes
not much more than half webbed . . 17. II. natalensis, Smith, 1849.
Outer fingers one third webbed; toes
t w o thirds webbed; a conical tubercle
on the heel ( t i b i o - t a r d articulation) 18. H. calcaratus, Ulgr. 1906.
Outer fingers one third to half
webbed; toes t w o thirds to three fourths
webbed ; head considerably broader
than long . . . . . . . . . . . 19. H. r u f u s , Reichen. 1874.
Outer fingers fully half webbed; toes
nearly entirely -ft ebbed; head but
slightly broader than long. . . . . 20. II. millsonii, B l g . 1894
6. Tympanum not half the diameter
of the eye; outer fingers t w o thirds
webbed; toes nearly entirely w ebbed 21. B. palmatzis, Peter-., 1868.
2 . Head extremely depressed, about
once and a half as broad as long; tym-
panum more dorsal in position than in
the other species of the genus; fingers
one third, toes t w o thirds webbed . .22. H. brevirostris, Werner, 1898

Fig. 1. Hymenochirus feae, 8.

2. Nectophryne afra, var., Y o u n g , X 2.
3. Atelophryne minuta, Q X 1
3 a. Hand, X 4. 3 b. F o o t , X 4.
+.
4. Arthroleptis feae , 8 , X 2.
5. Ã , 8 , X 2.
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6. a 3
) Q,X%
fi a. F o o t , X 4.
7. ArtJirolepfis ogoemis, d X I
8. )
) , O X i +
))
+.
8 a. F o o t , X 4.

Fig. 1. Hylambates liyloides, 8.

9. 1) )> 9.
2a. )) o p e n mouth.
))

3. Hylambates leonardi, 8.
3a. )) ))o p e n mouth.
3b. )J ))gular region.
4. HyIambates brevipes, 0.
4a. )) ), open mouth.
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