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heel. ‘Toes broadly webbed, web extending on to distal pha- 
langes, and outer edge of each external with a narrow fleshy 
keel. Fourth toe longest, third and fifth subequal, and next in 
size, and first shortest. At each articulation of phalanges on 
lower surface a tubercle, also at tip of each toe. Inner cuneate 
tubercle at base of first toe well developed. Vent superior. 
Color in alcohol dull muddy-brown above, back irregularly 
blotched with light chestnut-brown, and blotches becoming more 
or less indistinct and obsolete on top of head. Edge of upper jaw 
broadly oblivaceous-gray. Tympanum brown with a slightly 
dusky center. Iris pale slaty, upper eyelid brownish like back, 
and lower dull creamy like belly. Upper surfaces of limbs col- 
ored like back, though all blotched with dusky-brown. Sides 
of body spotted indistinctly with color like belly. Lower sur- 
face of body pale creamy-brownish, limbs more or less soiled 
with brownish-dusky. Throat more or less soiled with same. 
Feet pale brownish. Webs of toes gray-brown. Length 1234 
inches. This example from Lenola. Dr. H. A. Pilsbry. 
Color in life of a small example from Trenton Junction taken 
in October of 1906. Generally muddy-brown above, becoming 
grass-green on snout and head more or less. ‘This shade most 
intense, or bright, around edges of mouth. Upper surface of all 
more or less tinted olivaceous in some lights, and in others a 
coppery tinge, especially around pelvic region. ‘Tympanum 
grass-green. Posterior edges of both lips narrowly dusky. Iris 
beautiful dark golden finely sprinkled with dusky or blackish. 
Pupil black. Markings on upper surface of limbs and trunk 
obscure dusky-olivaceous, not well defined, and producing a more 
or less mottled appearance, or of small obscure mottled areas. 
Femoral region blackish, sprinkled above with pale tint of back 
and below with whitish, leaving a beautiful series of large irreg- 
ular whitish blotches. Palmation of hind limb dusky-black, tu- 
bercles pale. Lower surface of all of hind limbs white like ab- 
domen, and sprinkled with dusky blotches or spots of more or 
less irregular size which fade out on lower femoral region. Ingu- 
inal region blackish with light spots, and others also extend 
along in brownish of costal region. Lower surface of fore limb 
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