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beautiful and remarkable coloring of these tadpoles was not long in 

 appearing. 



Although I could not trace the development of the later stages in 

 the laboratory at Manguinhos, Dr. Bertha Lutz under the date of 

 October 9, 1935, writes that "The tadpoles . . . metamorphosed as 

 Hyla decipiens after over 6 months." 



Specimens examined 

 BRAZIL: 



DisTRicTO Federal: Bom Successo, USNM 96194 (cotype of H. decipiens), 



A. Lutz, Apr. 3, 1925. Manguinhos, USNM 96150-3, 1931; USNM 97291, 

 Venancio, Jan. 23, 1935. Recreio dos Bandeirantes, USNM 97578-86, 



B. Lutz, Cochran, and Venancio, Feb. 9, 1935; USNM 97605-9, Campos, 

 Feb. 11-16, 1935: MZUM 104120 (3), 104141, Bailey, 1941. 



Rio de Janeiro: Sacco SSo Francisco, near Niter6i, USNM 97642-3, A. Lutz, 

 Cocliran, and Venancio, Feb. 14, 1935. 



Hyla elongata A. Lutz 



Plate 8, Figures j, k 



1925. Hyla elongata A. Lutz, 1925a, p. 139 (type locality, Sao Paulo and Bello 

 Horizonte [by inference]); 1926a, pp. 6, 13.— Myers, 1946, pp. 12,29. 



Description.— Adult female, USNM 96861 (cotype), Aviation Field 

 near city of Sao Paulo. Vomerine teeth in two short but heavy, 

 posteriorly converging, narrowly separated patches between and 

 extending slightly behind the posterior level of the choanae; tongue 

 three-fourths as wide as mouth opening, rounded and a little broader 

 than long, its posterior border almost entirely attached and with 

 scarcely any indication of a notch; snout short, rounded when viewed 

 from above, truncate in profile, the upper jaw projecting slightly 

 beyond the lower; nostrils superolateral, very slightly projecting, 

 their distance from end of snout slightly less than half their distance 

 from eye, separated from each other by an interval equal to their 

 distance from eye. Can thus rostralis not distinct; loreal region flat. 

 Eye large, prominent, its diameter equal to its distance from end of 

 snout; interorbital diameter a httle less than Iji times the width of 

 the moderately broad upper eyelid, about 1% times the distance be- 

 tween nostrils. Tympanum fairly distinct except for its upper 

 margin, which is obscured by the dorsal skin, about two-fifths the 

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

 diameter. Fingers webbed only at the base, fourth much longer than 

 second, reaching to disk of third, which covers the tympanic area; 

 no rudiment of poUex visible; toes three-fourths webbed, third slightly 

 longer than fifth, disk of fourth covering about two-thirds the tympanic 

 area; a distinct small inner but no outer metatarsal tubercle; no 

 tarsal ridge; no dermal appendage on heel. Body very elongate, in 



