FROGS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL — COCHRAN 355 



omosternum cartilaginous, sternum with a bony style which is usually 

 single, sometimes furcate posteriorly; sacral diapophyses slightly 

 dilated; terminal phalanges simple. 



Pleurodema verrucosa (Reinhardt and Liitken) 



1862. Leiuperus verrucosus Reinhardt and Lutken, p. 171 (type locality, near 



Juiz de F6ra, Minas Gerais). 

 1882. Paludicola verrucosa Boulenger, 1882a, p. 171. — Batjmann, 1912, pp. 133, 



151.— NiEDEN, 1923, p. 507.— MiRANDA-RiBEiRO, 1926, pp. 164, 223. 

 1927. Pleurodema verrucosa Parker, 1927b, p. 476. 



"WTien I examined the type of this species in Copenhagen in 1938, 

 I made the following notes: "Specimen immature. It does not seem 

 to be a Pleurodema or a Physalaemus , but resembles Eleutherodactylus 

 guentheri more closely, excepting for a few heavy warts in transversely 

 serrate formation on the back. Heel reaching to tip of snout. Toes 

 and fingers long, unwebbed, with a very slight disk at the tips. No 

 tubercle in center of tarsus. Two well-marked metatarsal tubercles 

 present. No vomerine teeth. Upper lip with coarse light and dark 

 spots as in young Leptodactvlus typhonius. Head and body 22 mm." 



Parker (1927b, p. 476) does not state whether he actually examined 

 this type when he translated its original description and listed it as a 

 valid species in his revision of the genus. Until further collecting can 

 be done at the type locality, the status of this form must remain 

 questionable. 



Specimen examined 

 BRAZIL: 



MiNAS Gerais: Near Juiz de F6ra, UZMK 51 (type of Leiuperus verrucosus), 

 Reinhardt, June 1847. 



Genus Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro 



1867. Liuperus Hensel, p. 134. 

 1882. Paludicola Boulenger, 1882a (part), p. 236. 

 1922. Pleurodema Ruthven (part), p. 54, 



1926. Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, p. 152. (Genotype, Liuperus faldpes 

 Hensel.) 



Generic Diagnosis. — Pupil horizontal. Tongue oval, entire, free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth absent. Fingers free; toes slightly webbed, 

 fringed; tips of digits simple or very slightly dilated; outer metatarsals 

 united. Vomerine bone without backwardly directed process; 

 quadratojugal small, not reaching the maxillary; omosternum carti- 

 laginous ; sternum elongate, cartilaginous or calcified ; sacral diapophy- 

 ses only very sUghtly dilated ; terminal phalanges simple or T-shaped. 



