2 University of Michigan 



interorbital space greater than the width of the eyehd ; outer 

 fingers one half webbed ; toes entirely webbed ; heel reaching 

 between eye and ear when extended along the body. 



Description: Size large. Head narrower than body, 

 broader than long; derm free from cranial ossification; can- 

 thus distinct, curved ; loreal region concave ; nostril much 

 nearer tip of snout than eye, whose diameter equals its dis- 

 tance from the nostril ; interorbital space concave, wider than 

 upper eyelid. Tongue large, circular, nicked behind. Vom- 

 erine teeth in two separate oval groups, between the choanae. 

 Ear a vertical oval, whose horizontal diameter equals its dis- 

 tance from the eye. Two outer fingers one-half webbed, second 

 and third one third webbed, first free ; first finger equals sec- 

 ond; toes entirely webbed; disks of toes slightly smaller than 

 those of fingers and as wide as horizontal width of ear. Sub- 

 articular tubercles well developed; a large inner metatarsal 

 tubercle ; a strong fold from elbow to wrist and a faintly indi- 

 cated tarsal fold; heel with a triangular dermal flap. When 

 hind limb is extended along the body the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches between eye and ear; the elbow and knee do 

 not meet when adpressed; the heels overlap. Skin slightly 

 granular on back, strongly granular beneath ; a strong fold 

 from eye almost to shoulder and another behind ear to angle 

 of mouth. The pouch opening is almost square and is 

 attached across the top, so it is open to the pouch only on the 

 sides. 



Color (in alcohol), reddish gray above, obscurely spotted 

 with dark; a darker spot on back just behind head; an angu- 

 lar dark, light-edged mark in front of pouch with the angle 

 directed forward, and another faint angular mark in front of 

 the anus and within the pouch opening; under lip with indis- 



