FROGS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL — COCHRAN 231 



1858. Ceraiophrys ornata GUnther, p. 25; 1882, p. 222, pi. 46. — Wetenbergh, 

 1876, p. 165.— BouLENGER, 1882a, p. 225.— F. Miller, 1884, p. 279.— 

 Hudson, 1892, p. 79.— Berg, 1896, pp. 150, 165.— Peracca, 1897, p. 

 16.— BuDGETT, 1899, pp. 305, 328.— Gadow, 1901, p. 216, figs. 43, 44.— 

 Baumann, 1912, p. 93; 1917, p. 136.— NXgera, 1915, p. 24.— Nieden, 

 1923, p. 381.— Marelli, 1924, p. 585; 1931, p. 199. — Miranda-Ribeiro, 

 1926, p. 129; 1937a, p. 56.— MIJller and Hellmich, 1936, p. 29, fig. 

 30.— Mello-Leitao, 1937, p. 342. 



1932. Caratophrys (sic) ornata B. Ldtz, p. 546, photograph. 



Description.— Adult male, USNM 11383b, Rio de Janeiro. Vomer- 

 ine teeth in two small distinct, widely separated patches on the inner 

 anterior borders of the choanae; tongue large, cordiform, deeply 

 notched on its free posterior border, about three-fifths as wide as 

 mouth-openmg; snout moderately long and rounded when seen from 

 above, slanting forwards in profile; nostrils superior, a little farther 

 from end of snout than from eye, slightly projecting, separated from 

 each other by an interval equal to their distance from eye. Canthus 

 rostralis ridged and straight, the ridges continued between the nostrils 

 almost to lip border; loreal region concave, sloping outwards. Eye 

 quite small, not very prominent, anterolateral, its diameter equal to 

 its distance from nostril; interorbital diameter l}i times the width of 

 upper eyelid, a little greater than distance between nostrils. Tym- 

 panum distmct, separated from eye by an interval equal to 1)^ times 

 its greatest diameter. Fingers with a trace of web at their bases, with 

 distinct dermal ridges along their sides, their tips not dilated, fourth 

 and first subequal, both longer than second ; a large, blunt, shovellike 

 tubercle on base of first finger, and a larger but flatter one on palm; 

 subarticular tubercles well developed; loose skin on sides forming an 

 axillar wmg and joining arm at elbow; toes nearly one-half webbed, 

 not dilated, third slightly longer than fifth and reaching to base of 

 antepenultimate phalanx of fourth; a sharp edged shovellike inner 

 metatarsal tubercle, the outer one reduced to a small granule; a heavy 

 blunt inner tarsal ridge extending from shovellike tubercle to heel. 

 Body very stout, almost globular m shape, hence considerably wider 

 in the postaxillary region than between the angles of the mouth; when 

 hind leg is adpressed, heel reaches axilla; when limbs are laid along the 

 sides, knee and elbow are ^v^dely separated; when hind legs are bent 

 at right angles to body, heels fail to meet. Skin of upper parts very 

 rough, with numerous short, sharp edged glandular ridges emphasizing 

 the centers of the dark dorsal spots, a median longitudinal one between 

 the eyes, and two transverse ones following it being especially con- 

 spicuous, the areas of light skin between the ridged dark spots thickly 

 covered with small pointed tubercles; a heavy ridge of bone leaving 

 posterior part of eye and dividing to encircle tympanum; no pointed 

 process, or horn, on upper eyelid, but instead a glandular rim on outer 



