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THE HATRACIIIA OF NORTH AMCHICA. 



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At the time wIhmi the dc'sciiption of A', hrontci was pivpari'd the 

 limits of vaiiat ion of the species were not as well understood as they 

 liave since become from an examinati»)n of many specimens from dilVer- 

 ent localities. On this account the species was established on speci- 

 mens of small size, (!ollected by Dr. Le ("onto, but which 1 consider to 

 belong to the Ji. dntjiloni. The color above is a dark olive-lnown, 

 with numerous unif(»rndy distributed darker and well delined circidar 

 biotches about the si/e of the puitil, and most of them with a rather 

 lijihter center. They are principally etnbraced within the lateral ridf^es, 

 tli()ii;;ii some are exterior to thetii. Tlu^ buttocks are dark brown, with 

 well (Idined sjtots and dots of yellowish, smallest tiear the anus. The 

 tiaii>verse bars on the lej;sare numerous, narrow, and well-delined. three 

 to live on the tibia. A narr()w and well »U iined greenish-white line along 

 the n|tper Jaw tVom beneath the eye. and a light(M' tinge along the lateral 

 ridge. IJtiieath yellowish, maibled with itrown on the whole under and 

 inner surfaces. 



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Head oval; muzzle sloping to the lip. Diameter of tympanic mem- 

 brane eipial distance between nares and between nostril and orbit, and 

 three foui'ths the dianu'ler of the orbit, or the distance from iiaies to 

 margin of li|» in front. V»»ineriin' teeth in faseiciiili behind the line con- 

 necting tlu^ posteiioi' borders (»f the clioi inc. A dermal fold on each 

 hide of the Ikk^L, and a shoit one b>'hind the angle of the mouth, with 







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