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1859. Rana affinis Peters, p. 403 (type locality, Caracas, Venezuela); 1871, p. 



403; 1872, p. 205.— Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 

 1859. Ranula gollmcri Peters, p. 402 (type locality, Caracas, Venezuela) ; 1872, 



p. 205.— Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 

 1863. Rana clamata guianensis Peters, 1863a, p. 412 (type locality, British 



Guiana). — Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 



1866. Ranula affinis.— Cope, 1866b, p. 130; 1868, p. 117; 1870, p. 167.— Boul- 



enger, 1920, p. 473. 



1867. Pohlia palmipes. — Steindachner, 1867, p. 15, pi. 1, figs. 5-8. — Boulenger, 



1920, p. 473. 

 1871. Ranula palmipes. — Cope, 1871b, p. 222.— Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 

 1874. Ranula brevipalmala Cope, 1874b, p. 131 (type locality, Nauta, Peru); 



1876, p. 114.— Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 

 1874. Ranula nigrilatus Cope, p. 131 (type locality, Nauta, Peru). 

 1877. Hylarana brevipalmala. — Brocchi, 1877, p. 175; 1882, p. 62. — Boulenger, 



1920, p. 473. 

 1877. Rana vaillanti Brocchi, p. 175 (type locality, Mullins River near Belize, 



British Honduras); 1882, p. 11, pi. 2, figs. 1-lc— Boulenger, 1920, p. 



473. 

 1882. Rana nigrilatus. — Boulenger, 1882a, p. 49. — Baumann, 1912, p. 161. — 



Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 

 1882. Rana copii Boulenger, 1882a, p. 49 (substitute for Ranula [ = Rana] brevi- 



palmata Cope, 1874, preoccupied by Peters, 1871); 1920, p. 473. — 



Baumann, 1912, p. 161. 

 1901. Rana bonaccana Giinther, p. 201, pi. 60, fig. b (type locality, Bonacca 



Island, off the coast of British Honduras). — Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 

 1901. Rana melanosoma Giinther, p. 203, pi. 63, fig. b (type localities, Duenas, 



Guatemala, and Hacienda Rosa de Jericho (3,250 ft.), Nicaragua). — 



Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 

 1913. Rana brevipalmala. — Fowler, 1913, p. 166, pi. 9. — Boulenger, 1920, p. 373. 

 1913. Rana brevipalmala rhoadsi Fowler, p. 166, pi. 9, upper fig. (type locality, 



Bucay, Province of Guayas, Ecuador).- — Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, 



p. 326.— Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 

 1920. Ranula nigritatus. — Boulenger, 1920, p. 473. 

 1945. Rana palmipes rionapensis Andersson, p. 3 (type locality, Rio Napo, 



Ecuador, 400 m.) . 



Description — USNM 142198, an adult from Leticia, Amazonas, 

 Colombia. Vomerine teeth in two small, slanting, widely separated 

 series between the choanae; tongue two-third as wide as mouth 

 opening, ovate, its posterior border free and very deeply notched; 

 snout elongate, rounded at the tip when viewed from above, rounded 

 in profile, the upper jaw extending somewhat beyond the lower. 

 Nostrils dorsolateral, projecting, their distance from end of snout a 

 trifle less than their distance from eye. Canthus rostralis straight, 

 prominent; loreal region concave, sloping sharply to upper lip. Eye 

 large, prominent, its diameter equal to its distance from tip of snout; 

 interorbital diameter slightly less than that of upper eyelid, equal to 

 interval between nostrils. Tympanum distinct, its greatest width two- 

 third that of eye, separated from eye by an interval equal to one-fourth 



