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interorbital space distinctly wider than upper eyelid; tympanum round, dis- 

 tinct but only about half, or a little less, than the diameter of the eye; its dis- 

 tance from the eye less than its own diameter; fingers without discs, the first 

 and second equal in length; toes with almost no apical expansion, first toe 

 much shorter than second ; subarticular tubercles well developed, a few scattered 

 tubercles upon the short soles; a well-developed inner and outer metatarsal 

 tubercle; no tarsal fold; the hind limb bemg carried forward the tibiotarsal 

 articulation reaches the posterior border of the eye ; bent vertically to the axis 

 of the body the heels fail to meet ; skin above generally smooth but with a good 

 many scattered small warts; throat and anterior aspects of thighs smooth; 

 belly coarsely but not conspicuously granular about the margin, smooth in the 

 centre, hinder aspect of thighs granular; .a ventral discoidal fold. 



Colour (in life): — Uniform dark brown flecked mth white to ashy gray, 

 marbled with darker. The variation in colour is almost limitless. 



Dimensions: — Tip of snout to vent 24 mm. 



Width of head 8 . 5 mm. 



Diameter of eye 2 . 2 mm. 

 Diameter of tympanum about 1 mm. 



Fore limb from axilla 15 mm. 



Hind limb from vent 34 mm. 



Vent to heel 18 mm. 



The species was not verj?- satisfactorily described by Dumeril and Bibron, 

 but nevertheless this is beyond doubt the one which they named. It has been 

 found in many parts of Cuba, except in eastern Oriente, but seems to be most 

 abundant in central and western Cuba. It is terrestrial, found under rocks, 

 decaying vegetation, especially about the shores of sluggish brooks. Occasion- 

 ally it reaches a large size, or rather we also refer to this species, but with some 

 hesitation, a few very large examples mostly from the Province of Santa Clara. 

 They measure nearly 40 mm. from snout to vent. This is probably the most 

 conmion species which calls at night; its voice hke a tiny bell, is heard coming 

 sometimes from thousands of hidden throats in the trash of the cane-fields, 

 after a shower, from the woods and thickets and even from quiet spots in 

 cultivated gardens. They are shy and stop singing at once if one approaches. 



In the Botanical Garden at Havana this little frog is conmion as well as 

 in the yards of the houses in many cities and towns. It seems to be the only 

 species of the genus which has associated itself so closely with the habitations 

 of man. 



