FROGS OF. SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL COCHRAN 227 



of arms and legs with many pointed tubercles among the granules, 

 some in rather regular arrangement following the crossbars; throat and 

 chin very finely granular; remainder of lower surfaces coarsely granu- 

 lar, with a few heavier tubercles below the anus and a patch of elongate 

 glands, almost striated in appearance, on the lower proximal parts of 

 the femur. 



Dimensions. — Head and body 73 mm.; head length 27.5 mm., width 

 33 mm.; femur 26 mm.; tibia 23 mm.; foot 26.5 mm.; hand 17 mm. 



Color in alcohol. — Above light golden brown, with a marbled pattern 

 of darker brown concentrating around the sinuous rows of glands 

 along the back; a dark border to the white line coinciding with the 

 glandular row connecting tips of dermal horns; some vertical dark 

 patches on upper lip; arms and legs with wide brown crossbars; 

 venter buff, with scattered coarse brown spots on belly; upper lip 

 pale tan with a few indistinct darker patches, the largest of which 

 comes beneath the eye. 



Remarks. — In the specimens examined the first finger is about the 

 same as the second in length, never appreciably longer. Miranda- 

 Ribeiro specifically writes "pollegar egual ao indicador" in his 1920 

 report on frogs of this species in the Museu Paulista; it is difficult 

 to see why his (1923f) key should give it as having the "primeiro dedo 

 egual ao terceiro, maior que o segundo." 



The described specimen has the glandular ridge from eyelid to 

 coccyx entirely interrupted on the middle half of the back. A young 

 frog, USNM 97767, taken near it has the ridge fully developed for 

 the enthe distance. These specimens have a pair of narrow brown 

 diagonal bars with a light interspace beneath each eye. This same 

 marking occurs in a specimen from Bello Horizonte, in one from 

 Tijuca, and in one from Niter6i. The second Niter6i specimen, 

 however, has a single, large, light brown spot covering the entire 

 subocular area. This individual has also an interrupted dorsal 

 ridge, while the others just mentioned have the ridge intact. The 

 interorbital light bar is emphasized in some frogs by the presence 

 of a heavy dark patch bordering it posteriorly, but in these two 

 Niter6i specimens and in the adult from Nova Friburgo this dark 

 posterior patch is reduced to a small dot, so that the contrast is 

 lacking. 



The cry of this frog is wah, wah, wah, wah. It lives under leaves 

 and stones high in the mountains. Eggs were found by Dr. A. Lutz 

 in stagnant water under submerged leaves, laid in a round gelatinous 

 mass. In the laboratory they hatched in 3 or 4 days into black 

 tadpoles. It is not known how long before the metamorphosis is 

 completed, but probably 5 or 6 months. 



