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  Fingers 
  ratlier 
  short, 
  obtusely 
  pointed, 
  first 
  shortest, 
  

   third 
  longest, 
  second 
  and 
  fourth 
  equal 
  ; 
  no 
  sub- 
  

   articular 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  three 
  palmar 
  tubercles, 
  the 
  inner 
  

   (rudiment 
  of 
  pollex) 
  largest 
  and 
  very 
  prominent, 
  the 
  

   two 
  others 
  flat 
  and 
  close 
  together, 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  fingers. 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  rather 
  long; 
  the 
  tibio-tarsal 
  articulation 
  

   reaches 
  the 
  tympanum, 
  the 
  eye, 
  or 
  the 
  nostril 
  ; 
  tibia 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  femur, 
  the 
  heels 
  overlapping 
  when 
  

   the 
  lesfs 
  are 
  folded 
  at 
  riofht 
  anofles 
  to 
  the 
  rhachis. 
  

   Foot 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  tibia 
  ; 
  toes 
  rather 
  slender, 
  

   one-fourth 
  or 
  one-third 
  webbed 
  in 
  females 
  and 
  young, 
  

   three-fourths 
  or 
  nearly 
  entirely 
  in 
  adult 
  males 
  ; 
  no 
  

   subarticular 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  no 
  tarsal 
  fold 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  rounded 
  

   inner 
  metatarsal 
  tubercle, 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  which 
  equals 
  

   one-third 
  to 
  one- 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  toe. 
  

  

  Skin 
  remarkably 
  shiny 
  in 
  life, 
  smooth 
  or 
  with 
  small 
  

   warts 
  or 
  short 
  glandular 
  folds 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  ; 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  developed 
  glandular 
  lateral 
  fold 
  from 
  the 
  eye 
  to 
  

   above 
  the 
  shoulder, 
  often 
  prolonged 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   body 
  to 
  the 
  inguinal 
  region 
  ; 
  a 
  fold 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  may 
  

   be 
  present 
  across 
  the 
  occiput 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Lower 
  

   parts 
  smooth 
  except 
  the 
  thighs, 
  which 
  are 
  granulate 
  

   near 
  the 
  vent; 
  throat 
  and 
  belly 
  sometimes 
  with 
  

   isolated 
  small 
  ofranules. 
  

  

  Coloration 
  very 
  variable. 
  Pale 
  brown, 
  grey, 
  grejnsh 
  

   olive, 
  yellowish 
  or 
  red 
  above, 
  uniform 
  or 
  with 
  dark, 
  

   often 
  light-edged 
  spots 
  ; 
  some 
  specimens 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  

   yellow 
  vertebral 
  stripe, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  bordered 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  by 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  dark 
  stripes 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   glandular 
  fold 
  light, 
  often 
  reddish 
  or 
  golden 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  

   streak 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  from 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  to 
  the 
  

   eye, 
  and 
  a 
  dark 
  temporal 
  blotch 
  or 
  streak 
  ; 
  limbs 
  with 
  

   transverse 
  dark 
  spots, 
  sometimes 
  forming 
  regular 
  

   cross-bands 
  ; 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  liofht 
  trianofular 
  

  

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  or 
  heart-shaped 
  spot 
  often 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  back 
  between 
  the 
  fore 
  limbs, 
  and 
  another, 
  more 
  

   in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  streak, 
  on 
  the 
  coccygeal 
  region. 
  

   The 
  dorsal 
  spots 
  sometimes 
  small 
  and 
  irregular, 
  some- 
  

  

  