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larly marked with spots of the same form ami color ; from the orbits to 

 beyond the middle of the body rmis a broad rai.sed line or cutaneous 

 fold, and another from the corner of tlie mouth to the insertion of the 

 arm. Beneath smooth, yellowish white, speckled, spotted, and varied 

 with dusky ; top of the head coarsely punctured, back and sides luber- 

 culoiis. Head very large, broad, and blunt ; a deep concavity betweeu 

 the nostrils and the eyes. Iris <>(dden, mixed witli black. Tympanum 

 of the color of the body. Lower jaw with a small protuberance or point 

 resembling a tooth. Arms and legs above gray, speckled, and barred 

 with black ; beneath yellowish spotted ami varie<l with dusky, the ;\el- 

 lowish color more decided at the axilhe and groins. Hind pait of the 

 thighs granulate. Fingers slightly i)iilmate at the ba.sc; the hist longer 

 than the second. The second toe twice as long as the tirst. 



Rana arcoJaia capito Lo Conto, 

 liKSKUVE SKRIKS. 



CntnlociH" ! No. of 

 uuiiibiT. spec. 



5903 



Loi^alitv. 



UicebiirouKli, On 



Wh.ii 

 cuUccteil, 



Iicmi wliuiii ivi't'iveil. 



XIaj. J. LoCoiito. 



Niiliin* of 

 HiH'ciiiifn. 



Alcoholic. 



KANA SErTENTHKJNALl.S Baird. 



(riato8(i.) 



Proceed. Ac. i'liila., Idi")"), p. 5L 

 Garuicr, American Nivturalist, 1683, p. IM5. 

 Sana aiiiiiaia Bainl, /. c. 



Body rather broad, stout, and d<'])ressed. Head rather narrow ; nos- 

 trils large, midway between tip of snout and eye. Tympanum variable, 

 at hnist half the diameter ol the eye. Vomerine teetli minute; the 

 patches are on a level with the posterior margin of the inner nostrils 

 (which are rather large), and are sejiaraled by coiioideriible intervals. 

 Tongue moderate, the ('((rnua well developed. 



Skin rough and irregular above and on sides; not |)ustu]ar nor 

 tuberculated ; beneath entirely sniootli. Buttocks hut slightly granu- 

 lated. A well-d«'tined, rather broad ridg»^ commences behind the eye 

 and, bifurcating, the sIkuI braiicii curves round the tympanum, pas.ses 

 oblicpiely down to the inseition of the aim. thickening in its descent, 

 and meets a similar thickening from liie rictus. These tworidgesaro 

 separated by a groove, which ctmimemu's at the eye and runs above and 

 behind the tympanum. The main luanc'i proceeds along the sides to 

 about opposite tlie sacrum, where ii is lost. No other ridges are to bo 

 Been. 



The fore-arm is short, considerably less than the hand. The femur 

 aud tibia are about equal, less than half the length of body and less 





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