FROGS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL — COCHRAN 343 



1891. Paludicola signifera (not of Girard) Botjlbnger, 1891b (part), p. 454; 

 1898c, p. 126.— BoETTGER, 1892, p. 30.— Peracca, 1895, p. 16.— Bero, 

 1896, pp. 150, 173.— Budgett, 1899, pp. 305, 310.— M^hely, 1904, 

 p. 211, pi. 13, fig. 6.— L. MttLLER, 1922, p. 171; 1927, p. 282.— Nieden, 

 1923, p. 505, fig. 345.— MiRANDA-RiBEiRo, 1926, p. 160, fig. 89.— 

 Brazil and Vellard, 1926, p. 43. — Carvalho, 1939a, p. 280. — Establb, 

 1942, p. 59, pi. 1, fig. 4. 



1894. Paludicola gracilis (not of Boulenger, 1883) Boulenger, p. 348. 



1912. Paludicola signifer (not of Girard) Bauman, p. 162. 



1927. Paludicola neglecta Ahl, 1927b, p. 224 (type locality, ?Santa Cruz, Uruguay). 



Description. — Adult male, USNM 129186, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. 

 Vomerine teeth weakly developed, visible as a pair of short swollen 

 areas just inside the internal nares, and easily felt with a sharp-pointed 

 instrument; tongue small, less than one-half the width of mouth 

 opening, oval, its free posterior border not indented; snout rather 

 short, rounded when seen from above and in profile, the upper jaw 

 projecting considerably beyond lower; nostrils superolateral, their 

 distance from end of snout three-fourths theii- distance from eye, 

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

 eye. Canthus rostralis prominent, rounded, the loreal region flat, 

 sloping outwards. Eye moderate, fairly prominent, its diameter 

 about five-sixths its distance from tip of snout; interorbital diameter 

 slightly less than that of upper eyelid, equal to interval between 

 nostrils. Tympanum visible but not distinct. Fingers moderately 

 long, free, ridged laterally, not enlarged at the tips, first, second, and 

 fourth subequal; metacarpal tubercles rather small; subarticular 

 tubercles of hands and feet very pronounced; no antebrachial tubercle; 

 toes free, ridged, without enlarged disks, third much longer than 

 fifth, extending half way on antepenultimate phalanx of fourth; 

 metatarsal tubercles small, conical, sharp, the inner slightly the 

 larger; a small tarsal tubercle halfway between inner metatarsal and 

 heel, separated from the inner by a gi'eater distance than that which 

 separates the two metatarsals; a rather small, flat inguinal gland. 

 Body fairly elongate, in postaxillary region equal to head width; when 

 hind legs are adpressed, heel reaches to center of eye; when limbs are 

 laid along the sides, knee and elbow touch ; when hind legs are placed 

 at right angles to the body, heels overlap. Skin of upper parts 

 glandular, with a pair of elongate glandular lines from posterior 

 eyelid down the center of back, and a shorter dorsolateral pair; a 

 heavy diagonal fold above tympanic area; venter pustular, the area 

 below anus and on posterior and ventral surface of femm- coarsely 

 granular; a large ventral disk from between the arms to level of groin. 

 A very heavy vocal sac extending from below t^onpanum entirely 

 across throat, with "pleats" in the middle when sac is deflated. Dark 

 thumb patches are also present during the breeding season. 



