WEST INDIAN BATRACHIA IN THE MUSEUM 

 OP COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



BY SAMUEL GARMAN. 



PHYLLOBATES TRINITATIS sp. n. 



Trinidad. 



Tongue subcordiform, free behind. Snout shorter than 

 the diameter of the eye, broad, very blunt-angled at the 

 end ; nostrils nearer to the tip than to the eye. Loreal 

 region vertical or slightly concave. Tympanum about 

 half the diameter of the eye. When the leg is turned 

 forward the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the orbit. 

 Skin smooth. Outer metatarsal tubercle small; disks 

 about half as large as the tympanum. 



Back greyish-brown with cloudings of darker or with 

 blotches of brown along the median line ; legs with trans- 

 verse bands and arms blotched or banded with brown. 

 A black band around the snout through the eyes, over 

 the shoulders and along the flanks. Upper lips lighter ; 

 both lips grow dark with age. Fingers and toes ringed 

 with brown. Ventral surface white ; a dark band across 

 the thorax. On one specimen of twenty the chin and 

 throat are dark, and on all the older ones the dark color 

 is inclined to spread backward on the chest. 



HYLODES MARTINICENSIS Tschudi. 



Martinique ; St. Kitts ; Saba ; Dominica ; Bayamon, 

 Porto Rico. 



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