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two-thirds to four-fifths the width of the upper eyelid, 

 equal to the space between the nostrils ; tympanum 

 rather indistinct, sometimes even quite hidden, 

 usually distinct only in its anterior half, rounded, not 

 measuring more than half the diameter of the eye; 

 cleft of the mouth extending to or hardly beyond the 

 vertical of the posterior corner of the eye. 



Fingers short and rather pointed ; third longest, 

 fourth shortest, first aud second equal ; subarticular 

 tubercles small and in pairs ; a large flat rounded 

 tubercle in the middle of the hand, and another, 

 smaller and oval, at the base of the inner finger. 



Hind limb remarkably short, little longer than 

 head aud body in males, not or but slightly longer 

 or even a little shorter than head and body in females 

 and young; the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches 

 the shoulder or the posterior corner of the eye in 

 males, the axil or the shoulder in females and young; 

 tibia as long as or slightly shorter than the femur, the 

 heels meeting when the limbs are folded at right angles 



Fig. 87. 



Lower view of foot of male. 



to the rhachis. Toes depressed and short, obtusely 

 pointed, at most hardly half webbed, often only 

 connected at the base, the web often not extending 

 as a distinct fringe along the sides; subarticular 

 tubercles small, all or most of them in pairs; two 

 large metatarsal tubercles, that at the base of the 

 inner toe oval and prominent, that at. the base of the 

 fourth toe round and flat. A fold is usually present 

 along the inner side of the tarsus ; it may, however, 

 be verv indistinct, or even absent. 



The warts spread on the back large, but not very pro- 



