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well as those of the young, reach to the posterior comer of the eye. 

 All the adults agree m having a very glandular skin on the back, with 

 a concentration of these glands in a dorso-lateral line, and numerous 

 other patches of glands from the occiput to the sacral region and on 

 the flanks. The skin of the ventral surface in all specimens is highly 

 granular, the granules extending as far forward as the fold across the 

 chest between the arms. In one adult paratype, the \vidth of the 

 head is slightly greater than the distance between snout and occiput. 



"Relationships. — The new species falls in the key in the subdivision 

 with E. moiitanus, auriculatoides, wetmorei and armstrongi, all these 

 having short hind legs and a granular belly, and no unusual features 

 in regard to shape of eyeUd, snout or toe-tips. E. audanti, however, 

 has a shorter femur than any of the related forms, and its heel does 

 not generally reach beyond the tympanum, although in soft specimens 

 it may be stretched to the posterior corner of the eye. Its unusual 

 juvenile coloration is a feature wliich distinguishes it also from its 

 allies, 



"Since writing the above, I have received twenty additional speci- 

 mens of all ages from M. Audant, who has supplied the following notes 

 on his collection: — 



" 'The frogs and skinks [see Wetmorena haefiana] were collected 

 under stones or in earthen tumiels under stones. The skinks were 

 caught in soft soil, while I had to turn the stones to see the little frogs 

 trying to conceal therselves. I am not positive about tlus, but I 

 believe that these creatures whistle at night, because, while we were 

 over there, we could hear the sounds of the animals, but we did not 

 succeed in capturing them at night while v/liistling. The specimens 

 were caught near the Riviere des Bois Pins, 200 feet south of the 

 Caballo summit. The little frogs are brown in color and pink spotted 

 when alive. That pmk changes to white in the preservative.' " 



Specimens examined. — As listed in table 13. 



Table 13. — Specimens of Eleuthcrodactylus audanti examined 



