236 CYSTIGXATHID^. 



Tongue oval, entire. Vomerine teeth none. Snout rounded, as 

 long as the orbital diameter ; nostril equally distant from the eye 

 and the tip of the snout ; intcrorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum rather indistinct. Fingers rather short, depressed, 

 first extending slightly bej'ond second ; toes rather short, united at 

 the base by a, slight web, which extends as a fringe on each side to 

 their tips ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a rather large oval 

 inner, and a smaller rounded outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the shoulder. Above with large flat glands, some- 

 times forming longitudinal folds on the back ; smooth beneath. 

 Olive above, with large insuliform brown spots ; a brown streak 

 from the tip of the snout through the eye to the shoulder ; sometimes 

 a light vertebral stripe ; beneath spotted with brown. Male with 

 two subgular vocal sacs ; during the breeding-season the inner side 

 of the first digit is furnished with brown rugosities. 



S. America. 



a-e. Adult & hgr. <S ■ High Peru. M. Taczanowski [C.]. 



f. S- S.Domingo (?). 



12. Paludicola verrucosa. 



Leiuperus verrucosus, Reinh. S,- Lutk. Vidensk. Meddel. 1861, p. 171. 



Differs from P. marmorata in the absence of any trace of membrane 

 between the toes. 

 Erazil. 



13. Paludicola sagittifera. 



Leiuperus sagittifer, Gunth. Cat. p. 1.3-5. 

 Leiuperus sagittifer, Schmidt, Denkschr. Ak. Wien, 1858, p. 240. 



Differs from P. marmorata by the very narrow interorbital space 

 and the very prominent eyes. Bluish brown above, spotted with 

 chocolate-brown ; a light arrow-shaped line from the snout to the 

 vent. 



Colombia. 



14. Paludicola falcipes. 



Liuperus falcipes, Hensel, Arch.f. Natitrg. 1867, p. 134. 



Vomerine teeth none. Tympanum hidden. Toes with a well- 

 developed fringe ; two metatarsal tubercles ; a small tubercle under 

 the forearm. Upper surfaces more or less covered with flat warts ; 

 two glandular lines begin behind the eyes, approach each other 

 on the shoulders, then diverge again, thus forming an X-shaped 

 figure. Colour and markings very variable ; generally light grey 

 above, with darker, indistinct markings. Male with a large subgular 

 vocal sac. 



Erazil. 



