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upper lip white, sometimes varied witli green or dusky; in some 

 specimens a line extends from jaw along sides, in others, the 

 sides are variegated with rounded spots of darker, and the 

 line is absent; beneath whitish, more or less inclining to yellow 

 or orange; chin marked with dusky or green; limbs barred; 

 yellowish or reddish beneath; skin coarsely granulate above; 

 L. two and live-tenths inches; femur one and two-tenths inches; 

 tibia one and Hfteen-hundredths; foot one and six-tenths, 

 Florida; lower Georgia. 



Family CYSTIGNATHIDvE. 

 Genus Lithodytes, Cope. 



Prefrontals in contact, and usually with the fully ossified 

 fronto-parietals ; ear fully developed; xiphisternum broad, with- 

 out style; external metatarsi bound together; digits nearly or 

 quite free; terminal phalanges with a distal transverse limb, 

 supporting a viscous disk; abdomen smooth. 



6-Jr. L. ricordi^ D. et B. Southern Florida. 



Family SCAPHIOPID^. 

 Genus Scapiiiopus, Holb. 



Tympanum, cavity of tympani, parotid glands, and vomerine 

 teeth present; derm involved in cephalic ossification, which is 

 complete; cuneiform bone furnished with a spade-like process 

 which is covered with a corneous sheath; xiphisternum cartila- 

 ginous; toes more or less webbed. 



65. S. holhrookl^ Harl. Above brownish; a yellowish or 

 pale ashy band on each side, sometimes indistinct; a vertical 

 light line on end of muzzle, and two longitudinal streaks some- 

 times present; occasionally a pale interorbital crossband and 

 light markings on sides; head large; maxillary rounded; eyes 

 prominent; tympanum distinct; tongue large, emarginate; 

 vomerine teeth opposite posterior border of internal nares; 

 parotids small, prominent; a gland on each side of thorax, near 

 axillse; skin of back minutely tuberculous; of sides, more 

 coarsely; below nearly smooth; cuneiform process very long; 

 size moderate. Eastern United States. 



