FROGS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL — COCHRAN 277 



1923. Hylodes rhodopis (not of Cope) Mibanda-Ribeiro, 1923c, p. 838; 1926, 



p. 57; 1929b, p. 39. 

 1944, Eleutherodadylus parvus B. Lurz, 1944a, p. 1.— Mtkes, 1946, pp. 11, 28. 



Description. ~ Adult iemole, USNM96807, AltodaSerra, Sao Paulo. 

 Vomerine teeth in two large, slanting, widely separated patches far 

 behind the choanae; tongue about one-half the width of mouth opening, 

 elongate, oval, without a perceptible indentation on its very free pos- 

 terior border; snout moderately long, broad and rounded when seeu 

 from above, slanting forwards to the upper lip edge in profile, the 

 upper jaw not projecting beyond the lower; nostrils lateral, their 

 distance from end of snout about one-half their distance from eye, 

 separated from each other by an interval equal to their distaace from 

 eye. Canthus rostrahs very sharp, loreal region flat and slanting 

 outwards to the flaring upper lip border. Eye small and not very 

 prominent, its diameter contained 1% times in length of snout; inter- 

 orbital diameter noticeably broad, two times the width of the narrow 

 upper e^^elid, and iK times the interval between the nostrils. Tym- 

 panum distinct only inferiorly, the upper half covered with skin, two- 

 fifths the width of eye and separated from it by an interval nearly 

 equalling its own diameter. Fingers free, very short, second a little 

 longer than first and shorter than fourth, their tips scarcely dilated but 

 slightly pointed and often grooved; no pronounced pollex,but metacar- 

 pal tubercles fairly well developed; toes free, their disks quite small, 

 bilobed above but distinctly pointed; fifth toe slightly shorter than 

 third, which extends to base of antepenultimate phalanx of the rather 

 long fourth toe; a small but prominent inner and a scarcely visible 

 outer metatarsal tubercle; faint glandular inner and outer metatarsal 

 ridges. Body very short and stout, in postaxillary region wider than 

 greatest width of head; when hind leg is adpressed, heel reaches only 

 to anterior corner of eye; when limbs are laid along the sides, knee and 

 elbow slightly overlap; when hind legs are bent at right angles to body, 

 heels overlap. Sldn of back slightly glandular, more heavily so on 

 the sides; some pronounced tubercles on upper ej^elids and in front of 

 anus; a narrow sharp glandular dorsolateral line leaving the posterior 

 eyelid and ending above the groin; no supratjmipanic glandular ridge, 

 as the dorsolateral line passes above and well separated from it; a 

 shght median dorsal glandular line; ventral sm-face smooth, except for 

 the granular postanal region; apparently no external vocal sacs in the 

 male. Size very small. 



Dimensions. — Head and body 20 mm.; head length 8 mm., width 

 7.5 mm.; diameter of eye 2.5 mm.; femur 9.5 mm.; tibia 10 mm.; hind 

 limb 29 mm.; fore limb 11 mm.; foot 8.5 mm.; hand 4 mm. 



Color in alcohol. — Dorsum covered with minute wood-brown dots; 

 suggestions of darker crossbands on femur and tibia; a seal-brown 



