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toes free, progressively increasing in length from first to fourth, 

 the fifth being a little shorter than third; large subarticular 

 tubercles extended backward upon inferior surfaces of metatar- 

 sals; plantar surface covered with small supernumerary tuber- 

 cles; inner and outer metatarsal tubercles slightly if at all 

 larger than the subarticular tubercles; upperside of body and 

 limbs yellow-brown, spotted and stippled with black; a dark 

 streak along canthal region and above tympanum; large tri- 

 angular black mark with apex pointing backward occasionally 

 present in interorbital region; loreal and temporal region black- 

 ish brown; underside brownish yellow, sprinkled with dark; 

 a black mark over large tympanum; head-and-body length, 



20 mm verruculatus (p. 129) 



Skin of upperparts generally apparently smooth, but often 



areolate, and rarely shagreen 4 



4. Tympanum subround, about one-half, occasionally less, diameter 

 of eye; canthal region rounded, with no discernible ridge; 

 loreal region subvertical; muzzle rather elongate, with nar- 

 rowed and rounded extremity; nares lateral and their distance 

 from eye less than diameter of the latter; tongue pyriform, 

 much narrowed in front; skin of upperparts and sides appar- 

 ently smooth, but actually areolated under the lens; skin of 

 throat and chest smooth; hinder half of belly smooth or areo- 

 late; inferior surfaces of thighs coarsely granulated; fingers 

 free, without any vestige of membrane at base; first finger 

 shorter than second; large subarticular tubercles at ends of 

 metapodials of fingers; apical disks somewhat wider than cor- 

 responding finger and appreciably larger than small disks on 

 the toes; a large palmar callosity; toes with slight vestige of 

 web at base; free portion of fourth toe more than twice the 

 length of free portion of fifth; small subarticular tubercles 

 continued backward on inferior surfaces of metatarsals; inner 

 metatarsal tubercle slightly larger than outer; the hind limb 

 being carried forward along the body, the tibio-tarsal joint 

 reaches either to the middle or to the anterior margin of the 

 eye; the heels being placed at right angles to the long axis of 

 the body, the heels overlap; upperparts reddish or dark mul- 

 berry brown, thickly spotted or speckled with large darker 

 brown or blackish blotches, the largest of which reaches to 

 between the eyes; limbs obscurely cross-banded; a black or 

 dark mark extends from above to behind tympanum; upper lip 

 with a few pale spots; loreal region dark colored or with dark 

 streak along canthal region from external narial opening to 

 eye; sides paler, with distinct spots; underparts uniformly 

 leather brown or yellowish; head-and-body length, 22.5 mm. 



cystignathoides (p. 127) 



Tympanum more than two-thirds the diameter of the eye; can- 

 thus rostralis obtuse or blunt; loreal region vertical; head flat 

 above, moderately wide, with muzzle slightly prominent; 

 external nares almost at extremity of muzzle; skin every- 

 where smooth except on the sides, which are tubercular areo- 

 late; no abdominal or gular fold; apical disks of fingers a little 

 larger than those of toes; one large palmar tubercle; toes of 

 moderate length, with small disks, and with prominent sub- 

 articular tubercles, which are especially large at ends of meta- 



