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bar of dark brown bordering the ilium; several spots of dark brown on 

 the sides of the body and bars of the same color across the legs. 

 Concealed portions of the thighs yellowish or slightly pink; posterior 

 surfaces of the thighs below this area brown heavily spotted with dark 

 brown. Ventral surface brown spotted with white, larger spots of 

 white or gray on both upper and lower jaws. 



"Dimensions. — Tip of snout to vent, 17.5 mm.; width of head, 6.5 

 mm.; tip of snout to posterior border of tympanum, 6.3 mm.; 

 greatest diameter of eye, 1.5 mm.; diameter of tympanum, 1.1 



Figure 16. — Eleutherodactylus rufifemoralis: a. Dorsum; b, venter; c, profile of head; d, inside 

 of mouth; e, underside of hand;/, underside of foot. A.M.N.H. No. 44631, paratype, 

 from near Paradis, Dominican Republic, a-d, X 2; e,f, X 4. 



mm.; foreleg from axilla, 11.5 mm.; hindleg from vent, 28 mm.; 

 vent to heel, 15.5 mm. 



"Variation. — The seven paratypes in the series (A.M.N.H. Nos. 

 44557, 44596, 44628-31, 44651) vary both in color and in rugosity. 

 In six (in alcohol) there is a distinct dorsolateral stripe of a pale tone 

 and in several there is a series of dark-brown spots on the throat. 

 The double stripe on the side of the body may be broken into spots, 

 but there is always some indication of the upper stripe which borders 

 the ilium. Three of the specimens appear to be nearly smooth above, 

 but these are not so well preserved as the others. 



"In life, the dorsal ground color was very dark, mottled with nearly 

 black. The dorsolateral lines frequently formed crescents of dark 

 golden-brown and were bordered above with black. The bar between 



