236 CTSTIGNATHID^. 



Tongue oval, entire. Vomerine teeth none. Snout rounded, as 

 long as the orbital diameter ; nostril equally distant from the eye 

 and the tip of the snout ; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tj'mpanum rather indistinct. Fingers rather short, depressed, 

 first extending slightly beyond second ; toes rather shoit, united at 

 the base by a slight web, which extends as a fringe on each side to 

 their tips ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a rather large oval 

 inner, and a smaller rounded outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the shoulder. Above with large flat glands, some- 

 times forming longitudinal folds on the back ; smooth beneath. 

 Olive above, with large insuliform brown spots ; a brown streak 

 from the tip of the snout through the eye to the shoulder ; sometimes 

 a light vertebral stripe ; beneath spotted with brown. Male with 

 two subgular vocal sacs ; during the breeding-season the inner side 

 of the first digit is furnished with brown rugosities. 



S. America. 



a-e. Adult & hgr. c^'- High Peru. M. Taczanowski [C.]. 



/. J . S. Domingo (?). 



12. Paludicola verrucosa. 



Leiuperus verrucosus, Reinh. <§- Liitk. Vidensk. Meddel. 1861, p. 171. 



Differs from P. marmorata in the absence of any trace of membrane 

 between the toes. 

 Brazil. 



13. Paludicola sagittifera. 



Leiuperus sagittifer, Gunth. Cat. p. 135. 

 Leiuperus sagittifer, Schmidt, Denkschr. Ak. Wien, 1858, p. 240. 



Differs from P. marmorata by the very narrow interorbital space 

 and the very prominent eyes. Bluish brown above, spotted with 

 chocolate-brown ; a light arrow-shaped line from the snout to the 

 vent. 



Colombia. 



14. Paludicola falcipes. 



Liuperus falcipes, Hensel, Arch. f. Natttrg. 1867, p. 134. 



Vomerine teeth none. Tympanum hidden. Toes with a well- 

 developed fringe ; two metatarsal tubercles ; a small tubercle under 

 the forearm. Upper surfaces more or less covered with flat warts ; 

 two glandular lines begin behind the eyes, approach each other 

 on the shoulders, then diverge again, thus forming an X-shaped 

 figure. Colour and markings very variable ; generally light grey 

 above, with darker, indistinct markings. Male with a large subgular 

 vocal sac. 



Brazil. 



