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THE HATKACIIIA OF NOUTll AMKKICA. 

 lUJKO (il'KRL'ICUS ll(.ll)iook. 



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North AiinT. llfi'it., V, HI, If'W, TiiW. in, Copt', riocecds. Aiiier. IMiiloNoph. Soc. 

 1880, 1). f)!'"). 



CUUoiihnjnvi^Ktloiiha Cope, rrocfcd. Ac. Nat. .Sci. I'liila., IH(W, :ill (crroneoiiH locality). 

 Jliijo di(iloiilni.i l{'Hilcn>,MT, Cat. Matr. Sal. IJrit. Miis., cd. ii, IH-^-.', p. :ill>. 



Head biojid; imixsiK! jnoiniin'iit, conic. Cranium stronj;l,v lidfjed. 

 rieoinilar and postocnlar, suju'atynjpaiiic, and suptMciliarj rid^ics well 

 developed, the ' 1 nialiiny a very open anyle with that of the eanthuss 

 ro.stralis, and s .idiii},'' oil" pcsteriorly a parietal, whicli first converges 

 toward that oi»po.site, and then runs tran.sver.sely on the occiput to 

 meet it, failiii}^' in thi.s by a very 8li}>ht interval. A small nuchal i)it. 

 Tymiianum in contact with jjostorbital ridj>e, only one fourth tlu; size 

 of the oibit. Tongue small, narrow, half free; a strong symphyseal 

 tubercle lilting a premaxillary pit. I'arotoids large, short, descending 

 on sides to opi)osite lower edge of tymi»anum. Skin everywhere rigidly 

 rugose, subspinous on the tarsus. The Joints of the extremities are 

 pale and appear swollen. Fingers slendev; lirst shorter than* second, 

 which equals the third. One metacarpal tubercle only. Toes short, 

 one third webbed ; two acute metatarsal tubercles, the internal large, 

 incurved, like a (lattered spur, jellow, brown tii)ped. Length of. head 

 iiiid body, 10 lines; of hinder extremity, 12 lines. 



The head above is dusky, with a yellowish central longitudinal line; 

 (lie superciliary ridges are gray, with a white mark in the center. On 

 ea(;h si<le of this longitudinal line is an oblong black spot, extending 

 from it to include most of the posterior part of the orbit of the eye; a 

 .small part only of the orbit in front of this is light colored ; the upper 

 jaw is light brown. 



Krc. 72. Uti/o rjurrcieiin IIoUn'.. 1K!94, ii.itiir.nl size; Milton, Fin. 



The back of the animal is dusky brown, with a vertebral line of palo 

 yellow, marked with a few scattered small warts of reddish-brown co'or. 

 On each side of this line are irregular black blotches, with here and 

 there a slight tinge of reddish brown. The back is covered with in- 

 numerable warts and granulations of variable size and color, generally 

 bhick, but the smaller ones of dusky red. On each tiank, and extend- 

 ing Irom the axilla downwards toward the posterior extremity^ is an 

 oblong black blotch bounded with white both above and below. 



The throat is dusky; the abdomen silvery-gray, yellowish at the. 

 groin, and with a pale tinge of yellow around the vent. The anterior 

 extremities, as well as the posterior, are dusky brown above, marked 

 with black transverse bars or spots. Their inferior surface is colored 

 like the abdomen, except the tiugers and toes, which are reddish-browu. 



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