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once. The head contour, rough skin, and enormous digital disks are 

 nearly identical. But the Huila frog has much longer toes and fingers; 

 its inner metatarsal tubercle is larger; its vomerine teeth are closer 

 together and nearer to the choanae; its tympanum seems to be more 

 distinct; and it has no high, pointed tubercle between the eyes. In 

 color pattern, the Colombian frog has two large irregular light spots 

 on the lower proximal tibia, and the chest and belly are covered with 

 a coarse gray reticulation; in the cotype of latidiscus there are no light 

 spots on the lower tibia, and the chest and belly are finely speckled 

 with dots that give a pepper-and-salt effect. Both specimens have the 

 frontoparietal area slightly sunken, with a more pronounced depression 

 on the snout level with the anterior corners of the eyes. 



The holotype is the only example of this subspecies known at present. 



We take pleasure in naming this form in honor of Dr. J. R. Tamsitt, 

 whose Colombian collections have extended our knowledge 

 considerably. 



Eleutherodactylus carmelitae Ruthven 



Plate 53d-f 



1922. Eleutherodactylus carmelitae Ruthven, p. 51, pi. 11, fig. 1, pi. 12, fig. 1 

 (type locality, Quebrada Viernes Santo, 5,000 ft., San Lorenzo, Santa 

 Marta Mountains [Magdalena,] Colombia. — Gorham, 1963, p. 17. 



Description. — MCZ 8979, an adult from Santa Marta Mountains, 

 Magdalena, Colombia. No bony ridges on top of head; a distinct fronto- 

 parietal depression. Vomerine teeth in two short, heavy, narrowly 

 separated series behind the choanae; tongue two-thirds as wide as 

 mouth opening, cordiform, its posterior border free and slightly 

 notched; snout short, rounded when viewed from above and in profile, 

 the upper jaw extending well beyond the lower, which is nearly trun- 

 cate in front. Nostrils superolateral, slightly projecting, their distance 

 from end of snout three-fourths their distance from eye, separated 

 from each other by an interval equal to their distance from eye. Can- 

 thus rostralis short but distinct; loreal region concave, slanting out to 

 joint the flaring upper lip. Eye large, prominent, its diameter equal to 

 its distance from tip of snout; interorbital diameter equal to that of 

 upper eyelid, slightly less than the interval between the nostrils. 

 Tympanum small, distinct in this specimen, its greatest diameter one- 

 third that of eye, separated from eye by an interval slightly greater 

 than its own diameter. Fingers long, with lateral ridges, free, first 

 finger much shorter than second, second and fourth subequal, disks 

 large, truncate, disk of third finger more than covering the tympanum; 

 a distinct elongate thumb pad and a thick palmar callus present; meta- 

 carpal tubercles distinct. Toes free, long, third toe a trifle longer than 

 fifth, disks of toes smaller than those of fingers, disk of fourth toe 



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