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  DISCOGLOSSID^. 
  

  

  broad 
  as 
  tUe 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  nostrils 
  ; 
  tympanum 
  

   tbree-fiftlis 
  to 
  two-tbirds 
  tbe 
  diameter 
  of 
  tbe 
  eye. 
  

  

  Fingers 
  ratber 
  sbort, 
  depressed, 
  obtuse, 
  first 
  sborter 
  

   tban 
  second, 
  tbird 
  a 
  bttle 
  longer 
  tban 
  second, 
  fourtb 
  

   shortest 
  ; 
  fourtb 
  finger 
  very 
  thick, 
  stump- 
  

   like, 
  brown 
  and 
  horny 
  at 
  tbe 
  end 
  ; 
  no 
  sub- 
  ^^' 
  

   articular 
  tubercles 
  : 
  two 
  prominent 
  palmar 
  

   tubercles, 
  inner 
  small 
  and 
  oval, 
  outer 
  very 
  

   large, 
  oval, 
  oblique. 
  Bracbium 
  nearly 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  embedded 
  in 
  tbe 
  skin 
  of 
  tbe 
  body. 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  sbort 
  ; 
  tbe 
  tibio-tarsal 
  articula- 
  

   tion 
  reaches 
  tbe 
  axil 
  or 
  the 
  shoulder 
  ; 
  the 
  Lower 
  view 
  

   tarso-metatarsal 
  articulation 
  reaches 
  the 
  tym- 
  ^j^and. 
  

   panum 
  or 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  tibia 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  femur, 
  

   the 
  heels 
  meeting 
  when 
  the 
  limbs 
  are 
  folded. 
  Foot 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  sborter 
  than 
  the 
  tibia 
  ; 
  toes 
  

   short, 
  depressed, 
  obtusely 
  pointed, 
  one-tbird 
  webbed 
  ; 
  

   no 
  subarticular 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  a 
  small, 
  oval 
  inner 
  meta- 
  

   tarsal 
  tubercle. 
  

  

  Upper 
  parts 
  covered 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  smootb 
  warts 
  ; 
  

   snout 
  smootb 
  ; 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  enlarged 
  warts 
  along 
  the 
  

   upper 
  eyelid 
  ; 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  parotoid 
  gland. 
  Lower 
  

   parts 
  coarsely 
  granulate; 
  a 
  strong 
  gular 
  fold. 
  

  

  Greyish 
  or 
  brownish 
  above, 
  with 
  small 
  dark 
  spots 
  ; 
  

   a 
  light 
  cross-bar 
  between 
  tbe 
  eyes, 
  and 
  three 
  light 
  

   spots 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  shoulders 
  ; 
  the 
  enlarged 
  

   warts 
  on 
  the 
  eyelids 
  whitish 
  or 
  orange 
  ; 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   warts 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  also 
  whitish 
  or 
  orange. 
  Some 
  

   specimens 
  have 
  the 
  markings 
  better 
  defined, 
  and 
  a 
  

   light 
  triangular 
  or 
  cordiform 
  spot 
  between 
  the 
  

   shoulders 
  is 
  accompanied 
  by 
  an 
  oblique, 
  curved 
  

   light 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  tbe 
  back, 
  beginning 
  

   from 
  tbe 
  supra-temporal 
  fold. 
  These 
  markings, 
  

   whicb 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  observed, 
  though 
  less 
  defined, 
  in 
  

   tbe 
  preceding 
  species, 
  are 
  highly 
  suggestive 
  of 
  those 
  

   of 
  certain 
  specimens 
  of 
  JJiscoglossus 
  j^ictus, 
  and 
  afford 
  

   further 
  evidence 
  of 
  tbe 
  close 
  relationship, 
  so 
  long 
  

   overlooked, 
  which 
  exists 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  genera. 
  

   Lower 
  parts 
  whitish. 
  Iris 
  golden. 
  

  

  