2 University of Michigan 



webbed ; first toe perfectly distinct. Head as broad as long, 

 its length contained from three to three and a third times in 

 the total length. Snout subacuminate, protruding, slightly 

 longer tlian diameter of eye. Legs short, the hind leg being 

 carried forward along the body the heel reaches or falls a little 

 short of the arm insertion. Skin smooth in adult specimens, 

 except for a patch of spiny warts on the sides. Color black, 

 uniform or a little lighter beneath. Coracoids and precoracoids 

 slightly divergent ; no omosternum ; sternum a large cartil- 

 aginous plate. 



Habitat : Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia. 



Type Specimen : Cat. No.- 48271, Museum of Zoology, 

 University of Michigan ; Paramo de Macostama (8,000 to 15,- 

 000 ft.), Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia; April 21, 1914; 

 M. A. Carriker, collector. 



Description of Type Specimen : Head as broad as long, 

 its width contained three and a third times in total length. 

 Snout protruding, slightly longer than diameter of eye. Can- 

 thus rostralis angular, interocular space and sides of snout 

 concave. Xostrils slightly nearer tip of snout than eye. Inter- 

 orbital space as broad as the upper eyelid. Tongue elliptical, 

 extensively free behind. Fingers short, not webbed, tips 

 rounded, first finger slightly shorter than second ; subarticular 

 tubercles rounded, scarcely discernible, metacarpal tubercles 

 not prominent. Hind Hmb short and stout, the heel falling 

 just short of arm insertion. Toes short, depressed, tips round- 

 ed, broadly webbed ; subarticular tuljercles missing or indistinct, 

 two flat metatarsal tubercles. Skin smooth except for a small 

 patch of spiny warts between the eye and arm, which extends 

 a short distance on humerus. Color uniform black above, a 

 Httle lighter beneath. 



