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1901. Ceratophrys dorsata boiei Gadow, p. 215. 



?1908. Ceratophrys intermedius Barbour, p. 323 (type locality, Santa Catarina, 



Brazil) . 

 ?1926. Stombus intermedius Miranda-Ribeiro, p. 123, pi. 13. 



Description. — Adult female, USNM 97766, Valvera, Nova Friburgo, 

 Rio de Janeiro. Vomerine teeth in two transverse, nearly contiguous 

 series between the choanae; tongue nearly three-fifths the width of 

 mouth-opening, cordiform, notched on its free posterior border; snout 

 short and rounded when seen from above, slanting and concave in 

 profile, the upper jaw projecting slightly beyond the lower; nostrils 

 superior, projecting, situated at the end of the snout, their distance 

 from each other a httle less than their distance from eye. Can thus 

 rostrahs sharply marked off by a curved ridge; loreal region sloping, 

 nearly flat, bounded by a slight ridge from nostril to lip and a heavier, 

 wider one from anterior eye to lip. Eye large and prominent, antero- 

 lateral in position, its diameter about 1}^ times its distance from 

 nostril; interorbital diameter one-half the width of upper eyelid, 

 which is prolonged into a dermal horn; three heavy glandular ridges 

 beginning at the tip of this horn, the anterior meeting its fellow between 

 the eyes, the middle one short and ending on the upper eyelid, the 

 posterior prolonged backwards over the occiput and fading out behind 

 the shoulders, becoming distinct again at the sacrum, where it con- 

 verges above the anus. Tympanum not visible. Fingers free, with 

 heavy, serrated, dermal ridges along their sides, their tips not dilated; 

 first, second, and fourth subequal, their tips reaching to base of ante- 

 penultimate phalanx of third; tubercles at base of first finger and on 

 palm large, bluntly pointed but not shovellike; other subarticular 

 tubercles well developed; skin under arms loosely attached up to 

 elbow, making an indistinct axiUar wing; toes one-third webbed, not 

 dilated, with serrate dermal ridges along their sides, third longer than 

 fifth and reaching to base of antepenultimate phalanx of fourth; a 

 medium-sized, shovelhke, inner metatarsal tubercle but no outer one ; 

 a row of large tubercles along inside and outside of tarsus, and a 

 similar but less distinct row along outer part of forearm. Body very 

 stout, in postaxUlary region a little wider than the head; when hind 

 legs are adpressed, heel reaches to axiUa; when limbs are laid along the 

 sides, knee and elbow fail to meet; when hind legs are bent at right 

 angles to the body, heels are slightly separated. Skin of back finely 

 granulate, with rows of larger tubercles forming the ridges emanating 

 from the eyelid already mentioned; a pair of heavy, curved bony 

 ridges between and behind the eyes, and a shorter bony ridge directly 

 behind the eye above the tympanic area; a few coarser tubercles 

 irregularly scattered on upper lip and in the dorsolateral area, with 

 indications of regular diagonal rows behind the axilla; upper surfaces 



