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  eyelid, 
  and 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  

   nostrils 
  ; 
  tympanum 
  hardly 
  half 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  

   eye, 
  usually 
  indistinct 
  except 
  anteriorly, 
  sometimes 
  

   quite 
  hidden 
  under 
  the 
  tubercular 
  skin 
  (larger 
  and 
  

   more 
  distinct 
  in 
  specimens 
  from 
  Eastern 
  Asia) 
  ; 
  

   cleft 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  extending 
  beyond 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  eyes. 
  

  

  Fingers 
  rather 
  short, 
  blunt 
  or 
  obtusely 
  pointed 
  ; 
  

   third 
  longest, 
  second 
  and 
  fourth 
  equal 
  and 
  scarcely 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  first 
  ; 
  subarticular 
  tubercles 
  mostly 
  

   in 
  pairs 
  ; 
  two 
  large 
  palmar 
  tubercles, 
  one 
  larger 
  and 
  

   rounded 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  smaller 
  and 
  

   oval 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  digit. 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  moderately 
  elongate 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsometa- 
  

   tarsal 
  articulation 
  reaches 
  the 
  tympanum 
  or 
  the 
  eye 
  in 
  

   the 
  male, 
  the 
  shoulder 
  or 
  the 
  tympanum 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  

   tibia 
  considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  thigh, 
  the 
  heels 
  meeting 
  or 
  nearly 
  meeting 
  when 
  

   the 
  limbs 
  are 
  folded 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  rhachis. 
  

   Toes 
  moderately 
  elongate, 
  depressed, 
  nearly 
  entirely 
  

   or 
  at 
  least 
  two- 
  thirds 
  webbed 
  in 
  the 
  breeding 
  male, 
  

   one-half 
  to 
  two-thirds 
  webbed 
  in 
  the 
  female; 
  the 
  free 
  

   border 
  of 
  the 
  web 
  often 
  scalloped 
  or 
  crenulate 
  ; 
  sub- 
  

   articular 
  tubercles 
  small 
  and 
  in 
  pairs, 
  at 
  least 
  under 
  

   the 
  fourth 
  toe 
  ; 
  two 
  large 
  metatarsal 
  tubercles, 
  the 
  

   inner 
  very 
  prominent 
  and 
  oval, 
  the 
  outer 
  flatter 
  and 
  

   rounded. 
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  tarsal 
  fold. 
  

  

  Upper 
  surfaces 
  covered 
  with 
  anastomosing 
  wrinkles, 
  

   and 
  irregular, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  prominent, 
  often 
  spinous 
  

   warts, 
  the 
  pores 
  of 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  very 
  indistinct 
  to 
  the 
  

   naked 
  eye. 
  Japanese 
  specimens 
  are 
  remarkable 
  for 
  

   the 
  greater 
  prominence 
  of 
  the 
  warts, 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  

   spinous 
  ; 
  the 
  Chinese 
  have 
  also 
  the 
  warts 
  very 
  pro- 
  

   minent, 
  but 
  often 
  more 
  elongate, 
  as 
  if 
  two 
  had 
  

   merged 
  into 
  one. 
  A 
  large, 
  prominent, 
  elliptical 
  or 
  

   oval 
  parotoid 
  gland 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes, 
  with 
  

   the 
  inner 
  border 
  diverging 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  

   this 
  gland 
  contained 
  once 
  and 
  one-sixth 
  to 
  once 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  in 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  Lower 
  surfaces 
  

  

  