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A large series from the type locality, Puerto Plata, must be ex- 

 amined and compared with a series from Haiti and with those from 

 the Dominican Republic to ascertain whether their differences are 

 sufficient to warrant specific separation. 



Specimens examined. — As listed in table 1 1 . 



ELEUTHERODACTYLUS RUFIFEMORALIS Noble and Hassler 



Figure 16 



1933. Eleutherodactyliis rufifemoralis Noble and Hassler, Amer. Mus. Nov., 

 No. 652, p. 4.— Barbour, Zoologica, vol. 19, No. 3, p. 94, 1935; Bull. Miie. 

 Comp. Zool., vol. 82, No. 2, p. 101, 1937. 



Original description. — ^"Diagnostic Characters. — A very small 

 species, closely allied to E. minutus Noble from which it differs in its 

 finely tubercular skin, its dark dorsal and ventral surfaces, and its 

 distinctive thigh coloration. In life the concealed portions of the 

 flexed thighs were red, while in alcohol these are yellow or pink. 



"Detailed Description. — Type: A.M.N.H. No. 44556, male. 

 Collected in a ravine above 'Salvation Station' on property of Luis 

 E. del Monte, near Barahona, D. R., at an altitude of 3000 feet, 

 August 4, 1932, by W. G. Hassler. 



"Head as long as broad, a little broader than body; distance between 

 anterior corner of the eye and nostril about four-fifths the greatest 

 diameter of the eye, a trifle less than the interorbital width; distance 

 between the nostril and tip of snout contained one and one-half times 

 in distance between nostril and eye; can thus rostralis rounded, the 

 loreal region flat; tympanum distinct, its diameter contained twice in 

 the greatest diameter of the eye, separated from the eye by a space 

 equal to two-thirds of its diameter. Tibiotarsal joints of either side 

 make contact without overlapping when the legs are placed at right 

 angles to the body, tibiotarsal joint extended forward reaches nearly 

 to the anterior border of the eye. Digital dilations very small, the 

 largest of the finger dilations equal to a third the diameter of the 

 tympanum. Digits free; second toe a little longer than the first, no 

 tarsal fold. Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups well behind the 

 choanae and extending outward to about the middle of each opening. 

 Tongue ovoid, not emarginate but extensively free behind. Skin 

 finely tubercular above except for those portions of the skin which 

 are concealed when the appendages are flexed. Ventral surfaces of 

 the thighs, tibial and tarsal surfaces granular; sides of the body 

 granular, but the belly and throat smooth, 



"Dorsal surfaces of head and body (in alcohol) a dark chestnut- 

 brown ; an interorbital bar and some indication of a broad dorsolateral 

 stripe slightly paler than the ground tone. An irregular bar of dark 

 brown extending backward and ventrally on each side of the body 

 from the ear to the groin ; dorsally to this on each side a wedge-shaped 



