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Specimens examined 

 BRAZIL: 



Bahia: ZSBS 2497/0 (4; includes type of H. bipundata), Spix. 



DisTRiCTO Federal: Bom Successo, USNM 96162-81, A. Lutz, 1923-24. 

 Manguinhos, USNM 96130-6, A. Lutz; USNM 97272-90, Venancio, Feb. 11, 

 1935. Rio de Janeiro, USNM 81112-5, 96354-9, A. Lutz; USNM 123569-72, 

 B. Lutz; ZSBS 30/1947 (4), ZSBS (1), A. Lutz, 1932. Rua Sao Janudrio, 

 USNM 102442-3, Carvalho. Swamp 40 km. southwest of Rio de Janeiro, 

 USNM 97561, A. Lutz, Cochran, and Venancio, Feb. 20, 1935. 



EspfRiTO Santo: USNM 102280. 



Rio de Janeiro: Angra dos Reis, USNM 96379-80, A. Lutz, September 1925. 

 Entre Rios, AMNH 513, A. Lutz, 1922. 



Hyla decipiens A. Lutz 



Plate 8, Figures p-i 



1925. Hyla decipiens A. Lutz, 1925b, p. 212 (type locality, swamps near Rio de 

 Janeiro); 1926a, pp. 6, 13.— Myers, 1946, pp. 12, 29.— B. Lutz, 1947, 

 p. 243. 



Description. — Adult female, USNM 96194 (cotype), Bom Suc- 

 cesso, city of Rio de Janeiro. Vomerine teeth absent (in this speci- 

 men); tongue two-thirds as wide as mouth-opening, almost round, 

 free and unnotched behind; snout moderately short and rounded 

 when viewed from above, truncate and declivous in profile, the upper 

 jaw projecting considerably beyond the lower; nostrils superolateral, 

 somewhat projecting, their distance from end of snout about two- 

 thirds that to anterior border of eye, separated from each other by an 

 interval about equal to their distance from eye. Canthus rostralis 

 rounded, not well defined; loreal region slightly concave. Eye large, 

 prominent, its diameter slightly less than its distance from end of 

 snout; interorbital diameter about twice the width of the upper 

 eyelid, which is very narrow, greater than distance between nostrils. 

 Tympanum distinct, about one-half the diameter of the eye, separated 

 from the eye by a distance equal to its own diameter. Fingers one- 

 third webbed, fourth considerably larger than second, reaching disk 

 of third which covers the tympanic area; a semicircular protuberance 

 at base of fourth finger especially prominent in the male; toes three- 

 fourths webbed, fifth slightly longer than third, disk of fourth toe cover- 

 ing the tympanic area; a distinct projecting tubercle at base of first 

 toe, but no apparent metatarsal tubercles; no apparent tarsal ridge; 

 no dermal appendage on heel; body not elongate, in the postaxillary 

 region about equal to greatest width of head; when hind leg is ad- 

 pressed, heel reaches to anterior comer of eye; when limbs are laid 

 along the sides, loiee and elbow just fail to meet; when hind legs are 

 bent at right angles to body, heels slightly overlap. Skin of upper 

 parts quite smooth; a pronounced glandular ridge following the upper 



