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portion to the rest of the body, and the color pattern is less pronounced. 

 In some of the adults the body color is so dark that the pattern 

 scarcely shows. In many frogs the chin and tliroat are mottled with 

 a dusky reticulation, and the belly and thighs are frequently suffused 

 with dark. A variation in the rugosity of the sldn is apparent even 

 in specimens preserved under identical conditions, as the glandules 

 stand out on the back in some individuals with considerable promi- 

 nence and the belly is heavily granular, while the back and belly 

 seem nearly smooth in others. The heel reaches only to the anterior 

 corner of the eye in a few frogs. The disks are conspicuously notched 

 in all specimens, and the disk of the third finger in some frogs is large 

 enough to conceal the tympanum. 



Relationships. — Tliis is one of the easiest of all Eleutherodactyli to 

 recognize, as the notched toes set it off from ail other species except 

 poolei. In many species of the genus, the terminal T-shaped bone of 

 the distal phalanx tends to give a bilobed appearance to the toes in 

 certain preservatives, which cause a slLrinkage of the rouTid disk, but 

 this condition is not apparent in freslily preserved or living material, 

 except in tliis species and poolei. 



Specimens examined. — As Hsted in table 9. 



ELEUTHERODACTYLUS POOLEI Cochran 



Figure 12 



1938. Eleutherodactylus poolei Cochran, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 51, 

 p. 93. 



Diagnosis. — Resembles Eleutherodactylus flavescens Noble in having 

 notched digital dilations. Differs in having two small weak patches of 

 vomerine teeth widely separated from each other, larger eyes, a smaller 

 tympanum and more distinct color pattern. 



