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margin of the choanae and extend nearly to the midline. Tongue 

 thick, not emarginate behind. Skin very finely granular or irregularly 

 ridged above, belly smooth in the center, slightly granular on the 

 sides, ventral surfaces of the thighs coarsely granular. 



"Ground tone (in alcohol) a pale gray or brownish; a pair of dorso- 

 lateral stripes and a narrow interorbital band a slightly paler tone. 

 Entire dorsal surface of the head and body except for these stripes 

 and the canthal region of each side spotted with dark brown, the 

 spots tending to run together along either margin of the stripes. 

 Dorsal surface of the appendages more finely spotted with the same 

 color; posterior surfaces of the thighs suffused with brown but not 

 spotted. Ventral surfaces of head and body stippled with grayish 

 brown, the tone nearly uniform on the throat and chest but tending 

 to become blotched on the abdomen, the center of which remains 

 uncolored. Ventral surfaces of the limbs stippled or washed with the 

 same color. 



"Dimensions. — Tip of snout to vent, 35 mm.; width of head, 12 

 mm.; tip of snout to posterior border of tympanum, 12.5 mm.; fore- 

 leg from axilla, 23 mm.; hindleg from vent, 51 mm.; vent to heel, 

 28 mm. 



"Variation. — The 37 paratypes in the series (A.M.N.H. Nos. 

 44550, 44558-64, 44598, 44607-8, 44633-41, 44652-65, 44667-9) vary 

 considerably in the degree of spotting. In some specimens (in alco- 

 hol) the ground tone on the back between the pale dorsolateral stripes 

 is a chestnut brown nearly as dark as the spotting, which may be 

 much reduced. The spots vary in size and in several specimens fail 

 to form a dark margin to the pale stripes. In other specimens the 

 dorsolateral stripes may extend from the head only to the middle of 

 the back or be absent entirely. 



"In life the type, when caught at night, was a light yellowish-brown, 

 spotted with darker brown. Next day the dorsal ground tone was a 

 rich golden-brown spotted with very dark brown. The dorsolateral 

 stripes, a region directly over the eyes and extending on either side to 

 the snout, and an irregular bar between the anterior corners of the 

 eyes were clear and translucent. The legs, lateral and posterior por- 

 tions of the body were light golden-brown with smaller dark spots. 

 The throat was darker than the belly, and brownish. The eyes were 

 yellowish green-gold suffused with brown in the posterior part. The 

 other specimens varied in color, some having a dorsal ground tone of 

 reddish brown with the light areas on the head, the dorsolateral 

 stripes and the arms and legs of a distinct reddish hue; the sides and 

 belly yellowish. Others had a ground color of grajnsh brown, the 

 dorsolateral stripe and light areas on the head a golden brown; the 

 sides, legs, and throat a grayish brown and the belly white. 



