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Original description. — "Type. — U.S.N.M. No. 72617, an adult from 

 Fonds-des-Negres, Haiti, taken by Dr. A. Wetmore on April 5, 1927, 

 from the nest of a palm-chat, Dulus dominions, together with two 

 tree- toads, Hyla dominicensis. 



"Description of the type. — Tongue broad, apparently not emarginate 

 behind; vomerine teeth in two long oblique groups some distance 

 behind the choanae, their outer ends not extending beyond the inner 

 borders of the choanae; head moderate, without ridges; no apparent 

 subgular pouch; nostril much nearer tip of snout than eye, its distance 

 from the eye slightly exceeding the diameter of the latter; upper eyelid 

 much narrower than interorbital space; tympanum equal to one-half 

 the diameter of the eye, its distance from the eye somewhat less than 

 its own diameter; disks of fingers large, that of first finger equal to 



Figure 24. — Eleutherodactylus auriculatus weimorei: a, Partly diagrammatic dorsal view; 

 b, inside of mouth, with tongue partly restored. U.S.N.M. No. 72617, type, from Fonds- 

 des-Negres, Haiti. Natural size. 



about three-fourths the area of the tympanum; first finger shorter 

 than second; toes with a vestige of a web at the base; disks of toes 

 moderate, slightly smaller than those of the fingers; subarticular 

 tubercles well-developed; apparently a very small inner and a still 

 smaller outer metatarsal tubercle; plantar tubercles weak; apparently 

 no tarsal fold; the bent limbs being pressed along the sides, knee and 

 elbow overlap; the hind limbs being adpressed along the sides, the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the posterior corner of the eye; the 

 hind limbs being placed vertically to the axis of the body, the heels 

 overlap considerably; apparently no series of elongate glands either 

 above the tympanum or forming a dorsolateral fold ; skin very faintly 

 shagreened above; throat and breast smooth; a coarsely granular patch 



