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According to the characters employed by Cope in 1889 for dis- 

 tinguishing the subspecies of virescens [ = 'pi/piens], Rana berlandieri 

 is distinguished as follows: Head narrow; muzzle acuminate; inter- 

 orbital space two-thirds the width of upper eyelid; short glandules 

 and Unear series of glandulose tuberosities on back between dorso- 

 lateral glandular dermal folds; dark spots on upperparts irregular in 

 outline and narrowly edged with hght yellow; hind limbs with light- 

 edged dark crossbars; longitudinal dark streak on anterior face of thigh; 

 large external vocal vesicles; the hind Umb being carried forward 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal joint reaches the end of the snout; 

 body length, snout to vent, 79 mm. 



The three cotypes (M.H.N. P. No. 169a, parchment label No. 632) 

 of Rana macroglossa Brocchi are labeled as coming from the plateau 

 of Guatemala and were received from the ''Sociedad Economica de 

 Guatemala." Among other characters assumed to be of diagnostic 

 value, Brocchi called attention to the rather wdde tongue with promi- 

 nent posterior horns, the vomerine teeth in two small rounded groups 

 between the choanae, the smooth skin, and a first finger longer than 

 the second. These cotypes are described in my notes as follows: 

 Head-and-body length, respectively, 64, 66.5, and 46.5 mm.; the hind 

 limb being carried forw^ard along the body, the tibio-tarsal joint 

 reaches to between the eye and end of snout; terminal phalanges claw- 

 like; transverse diameter of tympanum one-half to three-fourths that of 

 eye; muzzle rounded; interorbital space as wdde as upper eyelid; skin 

 of upperparts fairly smooth, without prominent elongate glandules 

 on back between dorso-lateral glandular dermal folds; dark spots on 

 upperparts indistinctly outlined and somewhat effaced; throat spotted 

 with brown or gray; sides marbled, spotted with black on brownish 

 or grayish background; interrupted transverse dark bands on upper 

 surfaces of hind limbs. Two of these cotypes are clearly referable to 

 Rana pipiens. The third, to which the parchment label is attached, 

 has the under surface of the thighs brown and stippled with Ught 

 specks. This specimen is questionably referred to this species. 



Paul Brocchi gave the name Rana maculata to three frogs (M.H.N. P. 

 parchment label No. 6412) collected by Firmin Bocourt, a member 

 of the staff of the "Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans I'Amerique 

 Centrale" at "Totonicapam (Mexique)" [ = Totonicapan, Guate- 

 mala]. In the description of this species, Brocchi mentioned the small 

 oval tongue with posterior horns of moderate size, nearly subequal 

 first and second fingers, unusually swollen first finger, slightly devel- 

 oped subarticular tubercles, and vomerine teeth in two obhque row^s, 

 with apex of open chevron thus formed on a level with choanae. 

 These cotypes are characterized as follows: Head-and-body length, 

 respectively, 61, 58.5, and 54.5 mm.; the hind limb being carried for- 

 ward along the body, the tibio-tarsal joint reaches beyond end of 



