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lOG IMILLKTIN .SI, UNITHD STATICS NATIONAL MITSEUM. 



The para spl.enoidal imrlion of tlio roof of the moiitli is imicli re- 

 stricted laterally and behiiul. 



The body is full, rounded, anddei)ressed. Tiiere are eleven costal fur- 

 rows, including iu'juinal aiul axillary. 



The tail is compressed, but oval in cross-section, with the lower edjio 

 rather sharp towards the end. Tiie upper outline is much rounded, it 

 is iu)t hi-ii, and not as long' as the rest of head and body; longer than 

 from sntmt to groin. In one specimen there is a distinct furrow along 



the under side. 



The limbs are large; the digits lengthened; more depressed than in 

 A. piinrtatum, but linear, not triangular in shape. Tlie lateral ones are 

 more lengthened than usual, and those of each limb ure more nearly of 

 a length? The free portion of longest linger is more than one-third 

 from tip to elbow; that of longest toe in the same proportion. 



The gape of the head is wide; the length more than half the width. 

 The width of the head is contained four times in distance from snout to 

 groin. 



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The color in one specimen is everywhere a <lull reddish-olive ()»• 

 brown, paler beneath, and without the trace of any spots. Xo. I7(>7 is 

 inu<!li darker, nearly islack. 



The AmhJustomn tri-sruptiim ('ope, from Ocate Creek, is similar to the 

 present species in the intervals between the four palatine patches and 

 the glands on the parotid region. The rest of the skin, however, as far 

 ascanbeas(!ertained,isglan(lulai', a^'i" A. pmirtdtuiii, /'////■//(»/«, etc. The 

 digits, too, are shorter, Hatter, more triangular, the lateral and central 

 more unequal. The eyes are much smaller ami farther apart. 'I'liei-e 

 are twelve costal furrows, not eleven, etc. 



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