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TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES. 



Of this frog Mr. Whyinper says, " it is one of the most widely distrihuted, 

 I think the most widely distributed, in the interior of Ecuailur. I have seen 

 it almost everywhere from 7000 feet above the sea to 13,500 feet. We 

 could have olttained thousands of specimens." 



31. P. elajans, Bouh-ng., Ann. and Mag. N. H. (5), ix, p. 464. 



Hah. Tanti (1890 feet). A single 9 specimen. 



Head small, its length nearly one-third that of the body ; snout pro- 

 minent, truncate, woi pointed, a little longer than the diameter of the eye- 

 liall ; canthus rostialis angular ; loreal region vertical ; rostral nearer the 

 \i]) of the snout than the eye ; iuterorldtal s])ace broader than the ui)per 



THRYNISCUS ELEGANS, BOULENGER. 

 TANTI, 1890 FEET. 



eyelid. Limlis slender ; stretched along the body, the fore limb extends 

 beyond the vent by the length of the fourth finger, the hind limb marks 

 the middle of the eye with the tiljiotarsal articulation. Fingers slightly 

 webljed at the base, first very short ; toes nearly entirely webljed, the last 

 two phalanges of fourth toe free ; inner toe very short, but perfectly distinct ; 

 no subarticular, nor carpal, nor metatarsal tubercles. Skin perfectly smooth. 

 Lijdit pinkish grey above, vermiculated with broad black lines; a black 

 streak from the tip of the snout, through the eye, along each side of the 

 bodv to the groin ; lower surfaces white, immaculate, except a U'w small 

 ldai;k spots under the limbs. From snout to vent 34 millim. 



