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nearly to tip ; head somewhat depressed, about width of widest 

 part of body; snout rounded from above and in profile; eyes 

 moderate, separated anteriorly by about one and one-half times 

 the length of the orbital slit ; nostrils small, separated by about 

 their distance from pupil; subnasai groove descending nearly 

 to margin of lip ; line of lip curved downward from below eye 

 to end of snout; palatine teeth in two slightly curved series 

 beginning just behind the internal nares, converging obliquely 

 backward, and separated on the median line by a space greater 

 than the diameter of the internal nares; parasphenoid teeth 

 in one patch throughout, separated from the palatine teeth by 

 an interval equal to distance from nostril to edge of lip ; inter- 

 nal nares small; tongue large, ovate, not emarginate, attached 

 along median line but free laterally and, for a short distance, 

 behind; neck a little narrower than body, no paratoid gland, 

 gular fold continued up and then forward as a groove to eye ; 

 a groove along vertebral line from head to tail ; costal grooves 

 between limbs 16, not continued to midline either above or be- 

 low; limbs a little stouter than in P. intermedins, and with 

 shorter digits, anterior with four and posterior with five digits ; 

 digits rather short, with rounded ends, each with a small ter- 

 minal pad. inner shortest, third longest, second finger longer 

 than fourth, second toe shorter than fifth, third and fourth 

 toes nearly equal, broadly palmate, but no web ; adpressed limbs 

 separated by about six costal folds. 



The coloration is similar to that of P. intermedins, but heav- 

 ily clouded with black. The general color is blackish brown 

 above and below; a broad, lighter brown, black-edged, dorsal 

 band extending from snout to base of tail; lower surfaces 

 sprinkled with small whitish dots, which become larger on the 

 sides, gular region and chin. 



Measuremen ts mm. 



Snout to anus 59 



Front of anus to end of tail 58 



Width of head 7.5 



Nostril to orbit 1.5 



Snout to orbit 3 



Snout to gular fold 11 



Snout to fore limb 14.5 



