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b 2 . Distance from anterior corner of eyelid to naris about equal to that from 

 anterior to posterior corners of eyelid; dorsum fairly smooth and dor- 

 solateral folds not so distinct C. boulengeri 



a 2 . With distinct pale light spots on the dorsum and both pale thighs marked 

 with three or four distinct dark crossbands C. nicefori 



Cryptohatrachus nicefori, new species 



Figure 7 



Holotype. — MLS 138, an adult(?) female collected at La Salina, 

 Boyaca, Colombia, by Hno. Niceforo Maria. 



Diagnosis. — A Cryptohatrachus with thin, Hyla-\ike thighs con- 

 spicuously marked with three or four distinct, broad, black cross- 

 bands, and with distinct pale (yellow in preservative) scattered light 

 spots on the dorsum. 



This new species may be distinguished at a glance from both 

 C. boulengeri and C. fuhrmanni by the thin thighs and by the striking 

 pattern on thighs and dorsum. 



Description of holotype. — Vomerine teeth in two long, transverse 

 series, lying close together behind the posterior borders of the mod- 

 erate-sized, somewhat ovate choanae; tongue three-fourths as wide 

 as mouth opening, broadly rounded, its posterior border fused and 



Figure 7. — Cryptohatrachus nicefori, holotype, MLS 138 (same size, except 

 mouth parts, which are X 2). 



