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248 : CYSTIGNATHID®. 
Cystignathus ocellatus, Steindachn, lc. pl. 11.f. 1. 
echinatus, Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. p. 181. 
Leptodactylus echinatus, Brocchi, Miss. Sc. Mex., Batr. p. 18, pl. 5. 
f. 4. 
melanonotus, Brocchi, 1. c, p. 20. 
Tongue oval, nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two slightly 
curved series behind the choanw. Snout rounded, slightly longer 
than the greatest orbital diameter; nostril nearer the tip of the 
snout than the eye; interorbital space as broad as or a little nar- 
rower than the upper eyelid; tympanum two thirds the width of 
the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending slightly beyond second ; 
toes moderate, very conspicuously fringed; subarticular tubercles 
well developed; two small metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb 
being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaches the eye, or alittle beyond. Skin smooth, with a few scattered 
small warts above; a ventral discoidal fold. Brownish or olive above, 
with indistinct darker markings; a large angular spot on the occi- 
put; hinder side of thighs marbled or reticulated with dark brown ; 
beneath more or less spotted with brown or grey. Male with an. 
internal vocal sac, and two spine-bearing tubercles on the inner side 
of the first digit. 
Tropical America. 
abn Tehuantepec. 
b-c. Young. Mexico, P. Geddes, Esq. [C.]. 
df. 3Q. Sarayacu, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley (C.]. 
gu. 3. Moyobamba. Mr, A. H. Roff [C.]. 
[ge oS Pernambuco. W. A. Forbes, Hsq. [P.]. 
(foe os Bahia. Dr. O. Wucherer. 
m-0,p-r. 3. S. America, Mus. Guilding. 
18. Leptodactylus podicipinus. 
Cystignathus podicipinus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1862, p. 156. 
Tongue oval, subemarginate. Vomerine teeth in two short sepa- 
rate rows behind the choane. Snout rounded, a little prominent ; 
tympanum half the size of the eye. First finger longer than second ; 
toes with margins as wide as a phalanx, which unite at their bases, 
forming a slight web; a tarsal fold continuous with that of the 
internal digit, except where interrupted by a spur-like tubercle. 
Skin smooth, except a few minute warts on the coccygeal region. 
Above brown; an elongate, darker, triangular spot between the 
eyes ; a yellowish line extends beneath the eye to the angle of the 
mouth; femora indistinctly banded, posteriorly marbled with 
blackish ; tibiee with three brown bands; beneath yellowish brown, 
with numerous yellow spots. 
Paraguay. 
This species is perhaps not specifically distinct from the next. 
