2 Ihiii'crsif^ of M iclii(/aii 



the somewhat meager description, from snethlegece, in the 

 smaller size (adult pipa 165 mm., s)icihlc(jc(c 75 mm. 

 pnrva 39 mm.), and in the absence of metatarsal tubercles and 

 of tentacles and flaps on the head; and from snethlegece in 

 having a longer hind leg. 



Type: Museum of Zoology No. 57,443; taken in a covered 

 drain in the village of Sabana de Mendoza, Venezuela, by M. 

 A. Carriker, Jr., May 5, 1922. 



Description of Type: Head narrow; no trace of dermal 

 flaps or tentacles on mouth and eyehds; tip of snout rounded, 

 projecting. Fingers slender, subequal, ending in four appen- 

 dages. Toes pointed, broadly webbed, no subarticular or meta- 

 tarsal tubercles. The hind leg being carried forward along the 

 body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches half way between 

 eye and tip of snout. Skin evenly tubercular above, more 

 smooth beneath. 



Color (in alcohol) above blackish gray, obscurely spotted 

 with darker. Grayish white beneath, with a few scattered dark 

 spots on sides and throat. 



Total length, 39 mm. ; width of head at angle of mouth, 9 

 mm.; length of fore leg, 12 mm. 



Remarks: The five other specimens in the series were col- 

 lected in the same village as the type. There is little variation 

 in color and comparative measurements. They range from 30 

 to 39 mm. in length, the width of the head is contained in the 

 total length from 4 to 4^/^ times (2^ to 3 times in adult speci- 

 mens (if p'pa, and the tarso-metatarsal articulation, 

 when the hind limb is extended along the side, reaches to the 

 eye or just beyond it. One of the specimens (39 mm. long) 

 is a female with eggs embedded in the skin of the back. 



