AUKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. 



BAND 7. N:o 17. 



A new Leptodactyliis aiul a iiew Nototrcuh*i 

 from Brazil. 



By 



LARS GABRIEL ANDERSSON 



With 2 Plates and 1 Figurc in the Text. 



Commnnicatod May lOth by Hj. Théel and E. Lönnberg. 



Lepto(l«actylus bufo n. sp. 



Plate 1. 



Habit very stout. Tongue very broad, somewhat broader 

 than long, circular, not nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two arched series behind the large choanse; a distinct trans- 

 verse ridge on each side of the palate between the vomerine 

 teeth and the margin of the jaw. Snout rounded, sHghtly 

 prominent, 1 -j-s the largest diameter of the orbit; nostril 

 half-way between the eye and the tip of the snout ; no can- 

 thus rostrah's. Interorbital space a h*ttle narrower than the 

 uipper eye-lid. Tympanum nearly circular, Vs the width of 

 the orbit. Fingers moderate, free; the first much Jonger than 

 second; on the first finger the tip is broad and rounded, on 

 the others it is pointed; a spurhke tubercle on the inner side 

 of the first finger. Toes long, not fringed, but with a low 

 dermal ridge along the sides, as in some other large Lepto- 

 dactylus-sipecimens; a rudiment of web at the bases; subarti- 

 cular tubercles feeble, no outer me tatarsal tubercle, an inner 

 oval, not very prominent. The measurement of the length 

 of tibia, marked off along the body forwards from the knee, 



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