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BORBOROCTES.—SYRRHAPHUS. 
BORBOROCCETES. 
Borboroceies, Bell, Voy. ‘ Beagle,’ Rept. p. 30. 
Borborocetes, sp., Bouleng. Batr. Sal. p. 252. 
Fingers and toes free, without disks. Vomerine teeth present. ‘Tongue entire or 
slightly notched behind. Tympanum distinct. Outer metatarsals united. Sternum 
without bony style. 
1. Borborocetes mexicanus. 
Borborocetes mexicanus, Bouleng. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 481, t. 39. fig. 2. 
Hab, Mexico, Hacienda el Florencio, Zacatecas (Buller). 
Habit raniform. Snout rounded, a little longer than the eye, with obtuse canthus. 
Tympanum two-thirds the diameter of the eye. Vomerine teeth in two rounded groups 
behind the choane. First finger longer than second ; subarticular tubercles prominent ; 
two metatarsal tubercles, of which the inner is unusually large and compressed. Skin 
smooth above and below. Greyish above, with darker markings; a dark cross-bar 
between the eyes; a dark lumbar spot; a dark streak on each side of the head and 
body not extending to the groin; lips and limbs cross-banded. White below. 
Length of body . . . . . . . . ee) 86 millim. 
” hindlimb . ....... . . . . 68 ,, 
Distance between snout andvent . ...... . 86,4, 
SYRRHAPHUS. 
Syrrhophus *, Cope, Am. Nat. 1878, p. 253. 
Syrrhopus, Bouleng. P. Z.S. 1888, p. 206. 
Hypodictyon, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1885, p. 383. 
Malachylodes, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1879, p. 264. 
Phyllobates, part., Cope; Bouleng. Batr. Sal. p. 194. 
Toes free; disks, if developed, generally small. Outer metatarsals united. Vomerine 
teeth absent. Tongue entire or very little emarginate behind. Pupil horizontal; 
tympanum distinct. Sternum without bony style. 
1. Syrrhaphus verruculatus. 
Phyllobates verruculatus, Peters, MB. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1870, p. 650. 
Syrrhopus verruculatus, Bouleng. P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 206. 
Hab. Mexico, Huanusco. 
Abdomen granular; upper parts with small warts. Snout with rounded canthus and 
* The etymology of this name is somewhat obscure ; it is probably derived from suppagevs (one who joins 
together), suggested by the united outer metatarsals ; the name, therefore, should be Syrrhuphus, 
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