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  jaws 
  ; 
  interorbital 
  space 
  flat 
  and 
  narrow, 
  its 
  width 
  

   equalling 
  two-thirds 
  to 
  four-fifths 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  eye- 
  

   lid, 
  not 
  or 
  but 
  little 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  

   the 
  nostrils; 
  tympanum 
  distinct, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  ante- 
  

   rior 
  half, 
  rounded 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  deeper 
  than 
  broad 
  ; 
  its 
  

   transverse 
  diameter 
  equals 
  usually 
  about 
  half 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  eye, 
  sometimes 
  only 
  one-third 
  ; 
  cleft 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   extending 
  to 
  below 
  the 
  posterior 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  or 
  

   slightly 
  beyond. 
  

  

  Fingers 
  rather 
  short, 
  obtuse 
  ; 
  third 
  longest, 
  second 
  

   and 
  fourth 
  nearly 
  equal, 
  first 
  usually 
  a 
  little 
  longer, 
  

   exceptionally 
  equal 
  to 
  second; 
  subarticular 
  tubercles 
  

   single, 
  or 
  partly 
  single, 
  partly 
  in 
  pairs 
  ; 
  two 
  large 
  

   palmar 
  tubercles, 
  one 
  large, 
  flat, 
  and 
  rounded 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  the 
  other 
  smaller 
  and 
  oval, 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   inner 
  finger. 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  moderately 
  elongate, 
  in 
  some 
  females 
  from 
  

   Algeria 
  and 
  Syria 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  the 
  tarso-metatarsal 
  arti- 
  

   culation 
  reaches 
  the 
  eye 
  or 
  between 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  the 
  

   nostril 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  between 
  the 
  shoulder 
  and 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  tibia 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thigh, 
  the 
  heels 
  meeting 
  

   or 
  slightly 
  overlapping 
  when 
  the 
  limbs 
  are 
  folded 
  at 
  

   right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  rhachis, 
  considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  head, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  foot. 
  Toes 
  moderately 
  

  

  Fig. 
  85. 
  

  

  Lower 
  view 
  of 
  foot 
  of 
  male. 
  

  

  elongate, 
  depressed, 
  one-half 
  to 
  three-fourths 
  webbed, 
  

   the 
  web 
  extending 
  as 
  a 
  fringe 
  to 
  the 
  tips; 
  subarticular 
  

   tubercles 
  prominent 
  and 
  single 
  ; 
  two 
  metatarsal 
  tu- 
  

   bercles, 
  — 
  inner 
  large, 
  oval, 
  prominent, 
  outer 
  smaller, 
  

   oval 
  or 
  rounded. 
  A 
  fold 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   tarsus. 
  

  

  