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distinct black spots. Lower belly a block of orient pink or orange pink. Some- 

 times this is broken into a mottled arrangement when the gill region and sides 

 are reached. Area around the mouth and an extension backward on each 

 side martius yellow. Heavily speckled on under side of developing hind legs 

 or femur when two legged stage is well started. 



Tail. Lower edge of muscular part for the basal one-half a line of martius 

 yellow. The upper edge a rim of muscular part apricot buff to apricot orange 

 or rufous to ferruginous. This color extends on to the top of the body and 

 gives it the same color dorsally as upper musculature. The middle of the 

 muscular part is with a prominent sharply defined band of chestnut brown 

 or black at the basal half or two-fifths of the tail and hazel or cinnamon 

 rufous onward to tip. This dark middle stripe extends onto the body in 

 transforming individuals, becomes the dark stripe either side of the median 

 dorsal stripe. From mature tadpole to transformation the three-striped 

 (light, dark light) arrangement obtains, the lower stripe being least con- 

 spicuous. The rim of the tail crests is with large blotches. The interval be- 

 tween the crest rim and the musculature is translucent and without spots or 

 dots. 



Iris black, citrine drab or deep olive finely speckled with empire yellow or 

 bittersweet orange. 



In alcohol the broad brown tail band follows on to body to back of the 

 eye. Above brown band is a clear white edge which extends on to the body 

 and around the edge and then forward. Below brown band is a light band. 



General appearance. Tadpole quite small (23 mm.) full and deep bodied 

 (in general appearance somewhat like H. crucifer). Tail quite long, tail tip 

 sharply acute or even acuminate. The dorsal and ventral crests about equal. 

 The dorsal crest not deeper than tail musculature and extending on to the 

 body to the vertical halfway between eye and the spiracle. Spiracles sinistral, 

 directed backwards and upwards, far below, lateral axis, the spiracular open- 

 ing prominent elliptical round. Eye on the lateral axis, dorsal aspect on the 

 outline and therefore visible in the ventral aspect as well. Anus dextral, open- 

 ing on a level with the lower edge of the ventral crest. Muciferous crypts not 

 distinct. 



Mouth parts: Teeth 2/3. Upper labium fringed with a continuous row of 

 labial teeth; the papillae extend above and inwards beyond the end of the 

 labial fringe for about 2/9-1/4 of the length of the upper fringe. The horny 

 beak is contained in upper fringe 2.0 times in the upper fringe. The median 

 space between the second lateral upper labial rows of teeth long, 3-4 times 

 the length of either lateral row. Inner papillae sparse or absent on upper 

 labium and opposite the anus or horny beak. At ends of the second lower 

 labial teeth row two or three rows. Sometimes on sides two rows of labial 

 papillae from upper fringe down. The papillae do not extend under second 

 row to the end of the third row of labial teeth as in H. crucifer. The second row 

 of papillae across the lower labial border is about equal to the second row of 

 labial teeth. The third labial row of teeth is short, 1/4-1/3 the length of the 



