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1927, pp. 39, 44, pi. 14, figs. 33, 34.— NiciSforo-Maria, 1930, p. 104.— 

 Crawford, 1931, p. 35.— Noble, 1931, p. 426.— Kellogg, 1932, pp. 

 155, 176. — MtJLLER and Hellmich, 1936, p. 80, fig. 28. — Carvalho, 

 1939a, p. 280.— Schubart, 1939, p. 52. 

 1874. Scytopis venulosus Cope, p. 124. 



Description. — Adult female, USNM 98537, Piraporinha, Minas 

 Gerais. Vomerine teeth in two very heavy, short, straight patches, 

 narrowly separated on the midline, lying between the choanae; 

 tongue half as wide as mouth-opening, rounded, with a very slight 

 indentation in its posterior border, which is scarcely free; head broader 

 than long; snout very short, bluntly rounded when viewed from above, 

 slightly truncate in profile, the upper jaw scarcely extending beyond 

 the lower; nostrils superolateral, prominently projecting, their dis- 

 tance from end of snout about one-third that from eye, separated 

 from each other by an interval equal to slightly less than their distance 

 from eye. Canthus rostralis blunt but well defined, loreal region 



Figure S.—Hyla venulosa, USNM 98537: a, Dorsum; X 3^; h, profile X M; c, foot, X %; 



d, hand X M- 



concave, sloping. Eye large, prominent, its diameter two-thirds its 

 distance from end of snout; interorbital diameter equal to width of 

 upper e3"eHd which is very broad, almost twice that of distance between 

 nostrils. Tympanum very distinct, about two-thirds the diameter 

 of the eye, separated from eye by an interval equal to nearly its own 

 diameter. Fingers one-third webbed, fourth much longer than sec- 

 ond, reaching to base of disk of third which covers about three-fourths 

 of the tympanic area; no pronounced pollex; toes three-fourths webbed, 

 third and fifth subequal, disk of fourth covering one-half the tympanic 



