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seal-brown dots; labial borders pale olive-gray with scattered lighter 

 spots. Scarcely a trace of pale dorsolateral stripes in this specimen. 

 Upper surfaces of the digital disks olive-gray, darker than the rest 

 of the skin of the feet. 



Variations. — The six paratypes that I have examined do not vary 

 much from the description of the type in bodUy proportions. The 

 snout is slightly more pointed in the figured specimen than in the 

 others. The interorbital bar is wider in F.M.N.H. No. 6909 than 

 in the described specimen, while the dots on the lower surface of its 

 thighs are larger and closer together. In the newer material collected 

 by Dr. Darlington, a similar uniformity occurs. The largest frog 

 from Constanza measures 54 mm. ; two others from Mount Diego de 

 O Campo are 48 mm. long. The heel adpressed may extend to the 

 tip of the snout, or only as far as the anterior corner of the eye. 



Remarks. — As Dr. Noble has already stated, this species appears 

 to be related to weinlandi, the two being similar in structure and 

 proportions. In weinlandi the sole of the foot displays many minute 

 tubercles between the large subarticular tubercles, while in schmidti 

 the sole is practically smooth. The color pattern of weinlandi is 

 another good distinguishing feature by which to separate them 

 readily. 



An extremely long-legged form occurring on Loma Rucilla has been 

 considered as a subspecies of schmidti. As usual, further collecting 

 in the region is needed to limit their respective ranges more definitely. 



Specimens examined. — A.M.N.H. (2 specimens), M.C.Z. Nos. 

 9323-9324, F.M.N.H. Nos. 6909-6910, all paratypes from Lo Bracita, 

 Dominican Republic, August 1922, G. K. Noble; M.C.Z. No. 23527 

 and U.S.N.M. No. 107594, from Constanza, Dominican Republic, 

 August 1938, P. J. Darlington; M.C.Z. Nos. 23536-23538 and 

 U.S.N.M. No. 107595 from Los Limones near Janico, Dominican 

 Republic, June 1938, P. J. Darlington; M.C.Z. Nos. 23461-23465 

 and U.S.N.M. Nos. 107592-107593 from Mount Diego de O Campo, 

 Dominican Republic, July 1938, P. J. Darlington. 



ELEUTHERODACTYLUS SCHMIDTI RUCILLENSIS Cochran 



Figure 18 



1939. Eleutherodactylus schmidti rucillensis Cochran, Proc. New England Zool. 

 Club, vol. 18, p. 3, 1939. 



Diagnosis. — Resembles Eleutherodactylus schmidti Noble but has 

 much longer hindlegs, the knee reaching nearly to the axilla and the 

 heel extending considerably beyond tip of snout when limbs are ad- 

 pressed; a weak tarsal ridge. 



Description of the type. — An adult, M.C.Z. No. 23300, from Loma 

 Rucilla and mountains north, Dominican Republic, 4,000 to 7,000 

 feet elevation, collected in June 1938 by P. J. Darlington. Tongue 



