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Type.— U.S.N.M. No. 73999, an adult male from the Citadel ol 

 King Christophe, Haiti, collected on February 14, 1928, by A. J. 

 Poole, Paratypes, U.S.N.M. Nos. 74000-74005, with the same data. 



Description of the type. — Tongue elongate, narrow, not emarginate 

 behind; vomerine teeth in two short, weak, posteriorly converging, 

 widely separated patches behind the choanae and between their inner 

 levels; head moderate, without ridges; nostril almost at end of snout, 

 its distance from eye a little less than diameter of latter ; upper eyelid 



Figure 12. — Eleutherodactylus poolei: a, Dorsum; b, venter; c, profile of head; d, inside of 

 mouth; e, underside of hand;/, underside of foot. U.S.N.M. No. 73999, type, from the 

 Citadel of King Christophe, Haiti, a-d, X V/ 2 ; e,f, X 3. 



broad, equal to interorbital diameter ; tympanum equal to one-half the 

 diameter of eye and nearly touching its posterior border; disks of 

 fingers and toes large, notched; disk of third finger nearly as broad as 

 the tympanum, of fourth toe about one-half this distance; first finger 

 slightly shorter than second; toes and fingers unwebbcd; first toe 

 long, reaching to base of disk of second toe; fifth toe considerably 

 longer than third; subarticular tubercles well developed; two small 

 metatarsal tubercles, the inner oval, the outer round; a few small 

 plantar and palmar tubercles; a distinct inner tarsal ridge; the bent 



