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Ihllii nr^iri'liii- .1. LrCoiilr, Ann. N. ^ . I.\ c, I (, I *•.'.'>),•.'-' I ; I hill. in. .Iiimn. A<-. Nut. Sf\., 



riiila. V (I-"-'" ), :H:i; Mi-il. a i'li.ss. liiN. (l-:!.'.), li'f^; lliillniinU, N. A r. IhTp., 



1st 111., 1 (l-^ltC), 101, XVII, iinil '-M I'll., IV (l-i|\i\, ll.'i, xwiii; Slnn-i-, li.-ptil. 

 M.iss. (l-lllt), -'II ; Diiiii. A Milir., L'.iii. ti. n.. viii ("Hin; !)<• Kiiy, N. V. /im.1., ill, 

 l.'iplil.O'^l-). 'I.XX'. <in. ."lilA; 'rii'iiii|.scin, Nal Hist. Vl. (Isl-.M, l'-'','; liiinlhtT, 

 (Mt. It:ili'. Sill. Iliit. Mum., HiH, p. id;!; IJiiulciii,'. r, /. . , id. •.», \-'-^i, p. ;!T-.'. 



Ihiidi'iliiiit'i rirsir(>li>r'l'Ht\[i\i\\, I'jlriifliiii, p. T.'>. 



//_(//.( ii<liill-(li I'.llilll, ritiifctl. Ar. I'llilil., IS'il, 1>. ("ill (yolin;;). 



^0H;, — Ill/Ill nrniroxii l)anil., Hint. Itiiin. (ircii. Crap., :i;i, I'l. iv, is fctVrrcil to 

 tliiH Npt'cifH liy iMiiii, iV. Itilir, Tin' ili'scriiiilnii, ImwrviT, applicn ciiiially 

 wi'll to Hfvcriil sjifcii's, ami in Ncvi-rai piiiiit.sdjUii.sciitiirly l'n>iii //. nrMimloi: 

 Till' locality "f //. nrniiiisa is iinkiiowii. 



1/,,/,.. — I'.iuly stout, and cliim.sy. Head .slioil, niiirli hroadci' than hm^'; 

 limli.s .slidit. ( )iitlim) of lower Jaw nearly scniiciiciilar ; ol iipiter, .soiiio- 

 what anynlated. Tympanum rather laif^e, aliuiit one half tlie dhiiiieter 

 of eye; a iiio(h'rato lohl of skin ahove it. 'i'on;^ne lar{,'e, nearly orl)i<',ii- 

 |;ir; notched Itehiiid, where it is tree for half its leiijilh. Numeriiie teeth 

 ill two transversely linear jtatehes, exteiidin;; between the posterior 

 iiaies, withasli;;ht interval l»etwt'eii them, soiiu'times .seairely .separat- 

 in;; into two parts. I'^yes larj;«', protuberant. 



The Ita.ses of the vomerine protidteranees are in a line with the <'en- 

 teis (if tlie iiares; tht^ posleii(U' ed;;'e (»f tlu^ teeth Ihetiisi-hes a little he- 

 hind th(^ i)osterior mai'iL;in of the nares. Eustachian aperliires larj^er 

 than the inner narc.s. No papilla hchind the exteinul nares. 



Anterior limbs short, stout ; fin<;ers broad, dilated into broad disks; 

 that on thinl tiii<,aM' nearly (Mpial to the tyiiipaiium in diameter. 



The web is more extended than in other species in the I'liiled States, 

 ill a female specimen loaviii}» the two last Joints only free. TImmUsU 

 of the inner liiif;er is smaller than the rest. Tiiiia reaiihiiij; halfway 

 from the anus to the eye; longer than the hind feet, and equal to the 

 arm from elbow. The heel of the extended hind lei;' reaches only to 

 the posterior ed;;e of the orbit. Tiie third and fifth toes ar(^ nearlj 

 i'(pial in lenj,'th ; the disks of the second and lirst are less developed 

 than the rest. 



In hind feet the membrane extends in a nariow iiiar;:in all the way 

 to the disks ; membrane cut out alony the two last Joints of the lon^^est 

 toe and ol" the others alouj; the inner edj;(', altliouj;h specamens vary 

 ill the amount of this excision. All the fiiijicrs and toes are much 

 (lejue.ssed, and exhibit the Ilyla character more than the other Ameri- 

 can species. 



Tlio entire animal is warty, or covered with coarse tuliercles, with 

 liner intermixed, except on the ref^ion <tf the loins and anterior and 

 posterior faces of tla^ thij;hs. Ileneath, with distinct .granules in a 

 prominent and well (lernied pavemciit ; less conspicuous on the throsit, 

 neck, and palms. Tlu're is a very distinct and proinineiil fold of skin 

 across the breast. Thi^ color is very variable with dilVt-rent specimens 

 iind circnin.stances. Above ashfjray, white, or brown. Above each 



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