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folds above the anus; a heavy fold curving above and behind the 

 tympanic area and ending in front of the shoulder; throat with many 

 transverse folds; a distinct fold across the chest, and a deeper one 

 below each axilla. 



Dimensions. — Head and body 41 mm.; head length 12.5 mm., width 

 15.5 mm.; femur 18 mm.; tibia 17.5 mm.; foot 20 mm.; hand 10.5 mm. 



Color in alcohol. — Dorsum drab, with mdistinct, irregular brown 

 chevron-shaped markings. Throat black ; rem aind er of ventral surface 

 slate color, this shade extending onto the lower surfaces of the hmbs 

 including palms of hands and soles of feet, a light buff lateral stripe 

 outlining the edges of the slate color along sides of body and on an- 

 terior and posterior surfaces of limbs; lower edge of snout from nostrils 

 to lip border slate-gray; sides of head below can thai region olive, 

 becoming darker posteriorly as far as the tympanic fold. 



Remarks. — In Cope's original description the length of the type is 

 given as 57 mm. 



Specimens studied 



BRAZIL: 



Rio de Janeiro, Caxias, Cidade das Meninas, USNM 132736, Carvalho. 



