Chiroleptes.

C. australis. From the Clarence River to the far north.

We find the Chiroleptes widely distributed, and sometimes of a considerable size. The head is very large, perhaps the largest of any Australian frog; the fingers are free, the toes partly webbed, the back covered with some flat warts. General colour, greenish grey, slightly marbled. The tympanum or ear-disk is distinct; the tongue elliptic, and slightly notched behind. We have taken many valuable insects, and once a half-grown rat from the stomach of one of them. Some very large specimens are in the Australian Museum collection.

C. alboguttatus. Cape York.

This is a northern species, which we have not yet obtained.