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forward along the body, the tibio-tarsal joint reaches beyond tip of 

 snout; tarsal fold with fairly prominent crestlike tubercle about half- 

 way length of tarsus; inner metatarsal tubercle fairly large, a some- 

 what smaller conical outer one; large subarticular tubercles; a few 

 supernumerary tubercles on plantar surface of foot; vomerine teeth 

 in two small clusters, each slightly wider than choana, behind, and 

 within level of, the choanae; medially converging dorsal dermal 

 ridges inclose a semi-hourglass-shaped area; a fine vertebral dermal 

 ridge; short dermal ridges and glandular elevations in sacral region; 

 skin of abdomen smooth; a black canthal stripe with light upper 

 margin from nostril to eye, along outer edge of eyelid to above tym- 

 panum and downward behind to level of its lower margin; a small 

 black spot on shoulder behind this stripe; a purple median longitu- 

 dinal stripe from tip of snout to vent extends over top of head and 

 behind the eyes is bounded laterally by black streaks, which are 

 coextensive with the converging dorsal dermal ridges; external to the 

 sacrum is a Unear series of indistinctly outUned and irregular dark 

 blotches; outer surface of thigh, tibia, and tarsus with indistinct dark 

 or dusky transverse bars; forearm with black spots; fine dark specks 

 scattered over skin of underparts and concealed surfaces of Umbs. 

 Specimens examined. — Two, as follows: 



Eleutherodactylus venustus 



' Type. 



Genus CAUPHIAS Brocchi 



1877. Cauphias Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 129. 

 [Genotype, Plectrohyla guatemalensis Brocchi, 1877, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 

 ser. 7, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 93 (PaciciUa, Guatemala).] 



Toes nearly fully webbed; terminal phalanges T-shaped; fingers 

 without or with vestige of web at base; a distinct tarsal fold; no 

 external indication of a tympanum; vomerine teeth present; body 

 stout; hind Umbs rather short. 



CAUPHIAS CRASSUM Brocchi 



1877. Cauphias crassus Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 1, no. 3, 



p. 130. 

 1882. Cauphias crassuin Brocchi, Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans 



I'Am^rique Centrale, recherches zoologiques, pt. 3, sect. 2, p. 64, pi. 12, fig. 4. 



