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much nearer snout than eye, its distance from eye nearly equaling 

 diameter of latter; upper eyelid much narrower than interorbital 

 space; tympanum equal to one-half the diameter of eye; its distance 

 from eye somewhat less than its diameter; disks of fingers large; first 

 finger shorter than second; toes free; disks of toes large; first toe 

 reaching slightly beyond first subarticular tubercle of second toe; 

 subarticular tubercles well developed; two well-developed metatarsal 

 tubercles; no plantar tubercles; no tarsal fold; bent limbs being pressed 

 along sides, knee and elbow overlap ; hindlimb being extended along 

 sides, heel reaches beyond eye; hind limbs being placed vertically to 



Figure 19. — Eleutherodactylus abbotti: a, Dorsal view; b, side of head; c, inside of mouth; 

 d, underside of forefoot; e, underside of hindfoot. Type, U.S.N. M. No. 65055, from 

 Laguna, Dominican Republic. Three times natural size. 



axis of body, heels overlap considerably; a series of elongate glands 

 forming an interrupted dorsolateral line from above tympanum to 

 groin; a heavy oblique glandular ridge from posterior angle of eye to 

 shoulder, below which is a shorter one from tympanum to humerus; 

 skin above shagreened, with scattered irregular glandular tubercles 

 especially on the flanks; throat, chest and anterior aspect of femur 

 smooth, rest of underside coarsely granular. 



"Dimensions. — Tip of snout to vent, 19 mm.; width of head, 6 mm.; 

 tip of snout to posterior border of tympanum, 7 mm. ; diameter of eye, 

 2.4 mm. ; diameter of tympanum, 1.2 mm. ; foreleg from axilla, 11 mm. ; 

 hindleg from vent, 29 mm.; vent to heel, 18 mm. 



