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 rccly 

 lK'(i. 

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THK JtATIJACIIJA OF NOKTIF AMFklCA. 



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may bocome a {;ias.s-gro('ii. in most spcciiiuMis the obliciuity of the 

 pahitiiic prot liberal ices is U'ss than deseribed. 



The areohited varieties bear some resemblance to A', arcolata, IJaird 

 iiiid tlirard, but may bo distiiijjiiislied by the white spots on tiie darker 

 >;rouii(l of the under and inner surfaces, the more fully webbed toes, the 

 shorter limbs, etc. Iioth have the lateral vocal vesciles. A*, arcolata 

 has a decided lateral fold. 



Mnh: 



llK'llC'8. 



TcplJil It'iiKtli ;i.-.'ti 1.(10 Hand 



TliiKli 1-J" 



'riir.^iiH 70 



Miiiil foot. l.f.l 



I'oic-iiriii, I'roni I'lliow. 1.70 



Inc-lics. 



7J .'j;j 



.11 I lliinl l(!j;(stiTtcli.(l) .».H| l.r.l 



. -ii Li'iiitiiioriitjiKi 1.0.'^ .:m 



.:.l Width i.os .:m 



.,■>:! Lciifftli of eyelid :!0 .Oil 



City of Mexico — twelve specimens, .MaJ. \\. Kich; six specimens, E. 

 I). ("oi)e. 



This species is co iimoM in the valley of .Mexico, where it is used as 

 food. The unspotted brown variety is found near Guanajuato; Dr. A. 

 Dtiyes, 



i;.\NA TK.MPORAinA I. inn. 



l}iu\(i ttiiiiioiiiriii, jiart., L. Sy.st. Nat., I'd. Vi, p. 'A'>7, 



Ilaini miilii l.aiir., Syn. h'ei>t., p. :10. 



L'aiKi Umiioruiht .Selineider, lli.st. .\nipli., I, ]>. 11!!; liUtr., Sal., p. 1(7, and liupt. u, j). 



1,")0; Shaw, Zool., iii, p. '.t7 : l>aii(l., Kain., ]>. IC), I'l. l.'>, and Keptil., vill, p. HI; 



Meirein, Tent., p. 17.'.: I'eiiii., I'.ril. /ool., ill, p. '.>; .Jenyns, liiit. Vert., ]k 'MO; 



IJonaii., I'.ann. llal. ; Scliiii/, I'.iiiii. llelv,, \>. 14:!; 'r.schudi, Hatr., p. 7'J ; Hell, 



Itiit. K'eptil., i>. ^1 : Kiini.A Uiln., n.li.V.t ; Koch, tier. Senck. lies. (1 872'), p. ll't; 



ratio, Vert. Siii.sse, in, p. :!•.'!: \>r I'.etta, I'ann. llal. K'ett. Anf., p. (il; Le.ssona, 



Atti Ae. Lineei. Mem. Cl. Se. I'i.s., I, |>. loiW, I'i. II ; lioulen<,'er. Vat. l?atr. Sal. 



Hrit. Mils., ed. II, ls-,>, p. .| |. 

 7i(ni((,/'((rM()(/)(t Millet, Faun. Maine et l.oin-, ii, p.dti:!. 

 h'dliit iiKiiitil I'allas, /.ooj;r. K'oss, As., p. I'J. 

 Hdiiii iilpiiia Ki.sso, lliNl. Nat. Fur. Mi'r., ill, ji. ".':> ; lion a p, .'. •'. 

 li'timi s(oli(<i l?ell, /. r., p. loj. 



HaiKi /(^(///)■(7M'»«'^ Sleeiistr., Aintl. Her.,'.il, \'ers. Kiel. p. lot. 

 li'ana/iiscii De risle, Ann. Se. \at.,ser. 5, .wii, l.-^7;!: I.eyilij;-, An. Hatr., p. 110; 15ou- 



leiif^er, liiill. Soe, Zool. Fianee, 187l>, p. Itll; Ilcion lioyer, Hull. Ac. Htdj;. (H), I, 



No. •.', p. lit'.t. 

 Hiiiin ttiiiiniraiiit var. iiltitiiir!iiii i Sehreih., llerp. Fur., p. I\!.">; (iiinlli,, Cat., p, IG ; 



Kosel, lli.st. l.'aii., p. 1, I'is. is. 

 Havii ihihowHhii CJiinth., Ann. iV Ma,^. N. 1!., 1-7(1, x\ ii, p. :\-^7. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oldi(iue oioiips, extending beyond the 

 hinder edjic of the choame. Head moderate; snout short, blunt ; in- 

 terorbital space as broad as tlieuppei eyelid; tympanum distinct, two- 

 thirds the diameter of the eye. l-'in^yeis moderate, lirst extendin<j be- 

 yond second; tv)es at least two thirils webbed; stibarticular tuber- 

 cles of liiif^ers and toi's moderate; inner metatarsiil tubercle small, ob- 

 tuse; outer tubercle none or scarcely distim^t. Tiie hind limb beinjj 

 carried forward alon;;' th^^ body, the tibiotarsal arti(Uilatioii reaches 



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