322 RANTD4S. 



prominent. Inner metatarsal tubercle small, soft, 

 oval, measuring about one-third the length of the 

 inner toe ; a small and more or less indistinct tubercle 

 usually present at the base of the fourth toe. 



The skin may be perfectly smooth, or the back 

 rough with granules and small round warts; hinder 

 side of thighs granular. Dorso-lateral fold narrow 

 but rather prominent, running straight from the 

 temple to the groin ; the distance between these folds 

 on the scapular region equals two-ninths to one-fourth 

 the length from snout to vent. 



Coloration very variable. Upper parts yellowish- 

 brown, greyish-brown, or reddish, with or without 

 dark brown spots ; not unfrequently the back is 

 largely blotched with yellowish, and the sides may be 

 spotted with pure white ; or the back may be closely 

 speckled and spotted with black ; flanks often with 

 dark brown spots or marblings ; a dark brown 

 A-shaped marking sometimes present on the scapular 

 region; dorso-lateral folds usually with a dark brown 

 outer margin ; a dark brown canthal streak and a 

 large dark brown or black temporal spot ; a whitish 

 streak from below the eye to the angle of the mouth ; 

 limbs with dark cross bands, which may be very indis- 

 tinct; hinder side of thighs usually speckled or mar- 

 bled with dark brown. Lower parts whitish, rosy 

 under the limbs, and more or less profusely spotted 

 or marbled with brown, especially on the throat and 

 breast ; the middle line of the throat, however, usually 

 unspotted. In a small living male the throat was 

 flesh-colour powdered with gold-dust ; the lower sur- 

 face of the limbs was also carneous, but unpigmented. 

 Iris golden, entirely, or brown in its lower moiety. 



Males are devoid of vocal sacs, and the nuptial ex- 

 crescences of the inner finger are granular and grey- 

 brown, as in B. agilis, and thus different from those of 

 B. temporaria, grseca, and latastii. 



