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two metatarsal tubercles, the outer faintly discernible and very small, 

 the inner moderately large and prominent; no tarsal fold; the bent 

 limbs being pressed along the sides, knee and elbow overlap con- 

 siderably; the hind limbs being adpressed, the heel reaches nearly to 

 the nostril; the hind limbs being placed vertically to the axis of the 

 body, the heels greatly overlap; skin of upper parts finely pustular, 

 with a narrow median glandular ridge running from the snout to the 

 anus, and a few less pronounced ones extending from the postoccipital 



Figure 17. — Eleutherodactylus schmidti schmidti: a, Dorsal view; b, side of head; c, underside 

 of forefoot; d, underside of hindfoot; e, inside of mouth. F.M.N.H. No. 6910, paratype, 

 from Lo Bracita, Dominican Republic. Natural size. 



regions backward onto the shoulders; skin of throat, belly, and under 

 surface of limbs smooth; no external throat folds. 



Dimensions: Tip of snout to vent, 41 mm.; width of head, 16 mm.; 

 diameter of eye, 5 mm.; diameter of tympanum, 2.5 mm.; foreleg 

 from axilla, 28 mm.; hindleg from vent, 69 mm.; vent to heel, 42 mm. 

 Color (in alcohol): Upper surfaces drab-gray, with seal-brown 

 reticulations and irregular spots all over the back; a pale narrow 

 interorbital line, with a heavy concentration of the seal-brown pig- 

 ment belrind this line; loreal region dark olive-gray; upper surfaces of 

 limbs with wide dark cross bars; anal region pale; ventral surfaces 

 pale ecru-drab, with suffusions of light olive-gray on the chin and 

 chest; belly almost immaculate; lower surfaces of limbs with minute 



