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toes practically un webbed at base; two metatarsal tubercles, inner 

 rather elongate and prominent; the tibiotarsal articulation of the 

 adpressed hind limb reaches to the shoulder (between the shoulder and 

 tympanum in the paratypes); smooth above; sides granular; smooth 

 below except for sides of belly. 



"Coloration in alcohol. — Very dark brown, almost black, above; 

 below dark brown, but considerably lighter than the dorsal coloration, 

 densely covered with irregularly shaped white spots; medially the 

 spots tend to be elongate and to arrange themselves to form a broken 



Figure 10. — Eleutherodactylus ventrilineatus: a, Dorsum; b, venter; c, profile of head; d, 

 inside of mouth; e, underside of hand; /, underside of foot. U.S.N.M. No. 95429, from 

 Morne La Hotte, Haiti, a-d, X I'/a; '>/. X 3. 



line starting on the under side of the lower jaw and extending almost 

 to the hindleg. 



"In the paratypes the lower side of the imder jaw (except in no. 

 19,863) is whitish, marked more or less with the brown of the ventral 

 ground color; the ventral median line may or may not extend onto the 

 head. Also the ventral spots in some paratypes tend to run together. 

 The paratypes also show whitish on the hands and feet, and may also 

 show patches of the same color under the femur and under the fore 

 limbs. The smallest paratype, No. 19,863, shows but little evidence 

 of the ventral median line. This median ventral line, which seems 



