FROGS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL — COCHRAN 45 



differ in the attachment of the head skin, which in Flectonotus is fast 

 to the skull aad Iq Nototheca is free. As I have not seen an example 

 of the former, no discussion of it is given here. 



Genus Amphodus Peters 



1872. Amphodus Peters, 1872b, p. 768. (Genotype, Am-phodua wuchereri Peters.) 

 1923. Lophyohyla Miranda-Ribeieo, 1923e, p. 5; 1937b, p. 26. — Noble, 1926a, 

 p. 17. 



Generic diagnosis. — PupU horizontal. Tongue heart-shaped, slightly 

 free behind. Teeth on the palatine bone and on the parasphenoid. 

 Tympanum distinct. Fingers free; toes nearly free, the tips dilated 

 into well-developed disks. Outer metatarsals united. Omosternum 

 present. 



Amphodus piperatus (Miranda- Ribeiro) 



Plate 4, Figures h-k 



1923. Lophiohyla (sic) piperala Mieanda-Ribbiro, 1923e, p. 5 (type locality, 

 [Quinta da Bos Vista], city of Rio de Janeiro); 1926, pp. 65, 202, pi. 

 7, figs. 1, l,a-d; 1937, p. 55. — ^Barbour and Loveridgb, 1929, p. 298. — 

 Schubart, 1939, p. 51. 



1946. Amphodus piperatus Myers, pp. 11, 29. 



Description. — A translation of the original description of this rare 

 species follows: 



Outline of head circular; nostrils contiguous; eyes large, as long as the snout; 

 tympanum equal to diameter of eye. Maxillary teeth isolated, but subequal and 

 regularly distributed; mandibular teeth as in Amphodus wuchereri. When hind 

 leg is adpressed, heel reaches slightly beyond tip of snout. Fingers free; toes 

 webbed at the base. Color: yellowish red finely dotted with chocolate brown. 

 Eyes black; the border of eyelid black; abdomen with white star-shaped markings. 

 Body, 22 mm.; leg and foot, 32 mm. Four examples probably from Rio de 

 Janeiro. 



Remarks. — Regarding the type locaUty, Myers (1946) says, "the 

 types were collected by Eduardo de Siqueira many years ago in the 

 Quinta da Boa Vista, near the Museu Nacional. The species cer- 

 tainly no longer exists there." 



Genus Aparasphenodon Mirauda-Kibeiro 



1920. Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920a, p. 87. (Genotype, Aparas- 

 phenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro.) 



Generic diagnosis. — A translation of the generic diagnosis follows: 



General form as in Diaglena, with the cranium in the same plane as the body; 

 pupil horizontally oblong; ej'elids as in Triprion; tongue escutiform, adnatc, 

 notched and free posteriorly. Nostrils exterior to the canthus rostralis. Hands 

 and feet half webbed. Fingers and toes provided with disks and with the last 



