218 CYSTIGNATHID®. 
39. Hylodes whymperi. 
Habit of Hyla arborea, Tongue oval, entire. Vomerine teeth in 
two oblique series behind the choane. Snout rounded, as long as 
the orbital diameter, with distinct canthus rostralis ; nostril nearer 
the tip of the snout than the eye; interorbital space a little broader 
than the upper eyelid; tympanum hidden. Fingers moderate, first 
shorter than second ; toes moderate, quite free; disks and subarti- 
cular tubercles moderate ; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind hmb 
being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaches the angle of the mouth. Skin of upper surfaces tubercular ; 
on the back the tubercles are confluent into more or less distinct 
longitudinal lines; belly granular. Dark olive-brown above, some- 
times with a few light spots, greyish or reddish brown ; immaculate, 
ot marbled with dark brown, beneath; upper lip whitish ; some- 
times the front and hinder sides of the thighs tinged with magenta- 
red. Male with an internal subgular vocal sac. From snout to 
vent 27 millim. 
Eeuador. 
a-b. SQ. Tortorillas, Chimborazo Edward Whymper, Esq. [ C. ]. 
(13,200 feet). 
Cay: Cotocachi (13,000 feet). Edward Whymper, Esq. [C. }. 
40. Hylodes curtipes. (Prarr XIV. fig. 6.) 
Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two 
oblique groups considerably behind the choanz. Snout rounded, as 
long as the orbital diameter; canthus rostralis distinct; nostril 
nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; interorbital space broader 
than the upper eyelid, with a median concavity formed by a fronto- 
parietal fontanelle ; tympanum slightly distinct, about one third the 
diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; 
toes short, free, slightly fringed; disks of fingers and toes very 
small: subarticular tubercles moderate; two metatarsal tubercles. 
The hind limb being carried forwards along the bedy, the tibio- 
tarsal articulation reaches the shoulder. Skin of upper surfaces 
with small tubercles; back with more or less distinct glandular 
longitudinal folds; belly granular. Olive above, with indistinct 
darker markings, sometimes spotted with white, or with a brown 
vertebral band; a dark streak from the tip of the snout, through the 
eye to the shoulder; sides of body marbled with dark brown; 
beneath generally immaculate, whitish. 
Ecuador. 
a. Many spec., 2. Intae. Mr. Buckley [C. ]. 
I have hesitated to place this species in the genus Hylodes, the 
apica] dilatation of the fingers and toes being very weak, and an 
