2, PHRYNISCUS. io! 
broader than the upper eyelid. Fore limb moderately slender, as 
long as the trunk; fingers long and slender, first nearly as long as 
second: two metacarpal tubercles; subarticular tubercles very pro- 
minent. Hind limb moderate, the tibio-tarsal articulation marking 
the posterior corner of the eye; toes moderate, slender, with a 
slight rudiment of web, and very prominent subarticular tubercles ; 
two small metatarsal tubercles. Skin entirely covered with small 
granular tubercles intermixed with larger ones. Yellowish brown, 
marbled with blackish above and beneath; a very narrow light 
vertebral line; gular and pectoral regions biackish. From snout to 
vent 46 millim. 
Bahia. 
@n0, Go hor. & ye. Bahia. 
3. Phryniscus levis. 
Phryniscus levis, Giinth. Cat. p. 43, pl. iii. fig. A. 
Starstrg ignescens, Cornalia, Vert. syn. que in it. Osculati, Se., 
p. 316.) * 
ae levis, Giinth. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 417. 
Phrynidium leve, Cope, Journ, Ac, Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 196. 
Atelopus leevis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 117. 
ignescens, Lspada, Vig). Pacif., Vert. p. 139, pl. 1. f.7 & 8. 
Habit rather stout. Head as broad as long, its length contained 
nearly three times in females, twice and one third or twice and a 
half in males, in the length of the trunk; snout rather protruding, 
longer than the. diameter of the eye; upper surface of head and 
loreal region concave ; nostril slightly nearer the tip of the snout 
than the eye; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. 
Fore limb shorter than the trunk. Fingers rather short, depressed, 
webbed at the base, with swollen tips; first finger nearly as long as 
second; metacarpal and subarticular tubercles distinct, though 
scarcely prominent. Hind limb moderate, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation marking the shoulder in females, between the shoulder and 
the eye (never reaching the latter) in males. Toes rather short, 
depressed, broadly webbed; subarticular tubercles very indistinct ; 
two more or less distinct, flat metatarsal tubercles. Upper surfaces 
smooth or with flat warts; sides, upper parts of thigh, and humerus 
generally with small spiny warts. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 
W. 8. America. 
The specimens show the following varieties of colour :— 
A. Above uniform brownish black; beneath yellowish; anal 
region generally brown. 
a-b. dQ. Panama. Mr. Puffeis [C.1. ( 
GhoGis : Quito. a Tyres. 
d-e. SQ. W. Ecuador. Mr. Fraser LAG 
I-g. 32. Intac, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 
h-k. Ye. Chili? 
* T have been unable to consult this work, and therefore cannot offer an 
opinion as to the correctness of this reference, 
