HEEPETOLOGY OF JAPAN. X7 



eyes and only about two-thirds the \\-idth of the interorbital space, 

 which is nearly twice that of the upper eyelid; body moderate, the 

 distance from tip of snout to gular fold (fig. 7) being' contained three 

 times in the distance from gular fold to anterior border of vent ; legs 

 rather long, tip of longest finger reaching knee and tip of longest toe 

 reaching elbow when the limbs are adpressed to the sides of the body; 

 digits long, depressed, without webs, third fijiger longest, third and 

 fourth toes nearly equal and longest, first finger and first toe shortest, 

 shorter than fourth finger and fifth toe, respectively; tail strongly 

 compressed (fig. 8), with a fin above and below, the outline of the 

 fins bemg straight and nearly parallel, toward the tip 

 tapering to a fine point, which is dra\\Ti out as a soft 

 filament nearly 4 mm. long; skin strongly and mostly 

 transverse rugose, except on anterior portion of head, 

 on limbs, and tail; a low, smooth, vertebral ridge from 

 nape to tail, being contiguous with the upper fin of the U /jl^ 

 latter and bifurcating on the occiput; parotoid gland \ // 

 large, prominent, compressed, flap-like, almost contui- 

 uous with a dorso-lateral glandular ridge cut by trans- 

 verse grooves into a series of bead-like glands; a 

 similar ventro-lateral ridge from axilla to groin; a s 



large, smooth, globular gland on each side of the neck 

 at each end of the gular fold; a somewhat smaller and 

 flatter but well-defined circular gland above the inser- 

 tion of the fore leg between the latter and the dorso- figs. 7-8.-diemic- 

 lateral ridge; vent a longitudinal slit surrounded by a '^^'^'•^^- p^rho- 

 large, globular swelling, the surface of which is coarsely si^e"''''- 'r.ltl' 

 pustular, tlie pustules near the posterior end of the vent ^^^^ of head; s, 

 being drawn out into long, pointed, conical papilte. Z"^^^ olVJll 

 Color (in alcohol), above, uniform blackish brown* ™i^»- no. 6272, 

 below, including the edge of upper lip, ventro-lateral ^•^■^■^■ 

 ridge, and the anterior portion of the lower edge of the tail, yellowish 

 white, with a series of irregular blackish blotches on each side of the 

 belly and a few paler ones unsymmetrically on throat and fore neck; 

 underside of hands and feet, dusky. 



Dim.('7isio7is. 



Total length go 



Tip of snout to gular fold ^2 



Gular fold to anterior angle of vent 39 



Anterior angle of vent to tip of tail exclusive of filament 47 



Length of caudal filament 4 



Width of head ^q 



Foreleg ^g 



Hind leg !!!!!"!'!'!! ^ 20 



Longest toe 



Height of tail in the middle 7 



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