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  RANTD/E. 
  

  

  prominent. 
  Inner 
  metatarsal 
  tubercle 
  small, 
  soft, 
  

   oval, 
  measuring 
  about 
  one-third 
  tlie 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   inner 
  toe 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  indistinct 
  tubercle 
  

   usually 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  toe. 
  

  

  The 
  skin 
  may 
  be 
  perfectly 
  smooth, 
  or 
  the 
  back 
  

   rough 
  with 
  granules 
  and 
  small 
  round 
  warts; 
  hinder 
  

   side 
  of 
  thighs 
  granular. 
  Dorso-lateral 
  fold 
  narrow 
  

   but 
  rather 
  prominent, 
  running 
  straight 
  from 
  the 
  

   temple 
  to 
  the 
  groin 
  ; 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  these 
  folds 
  

   on 
  the 
  scapular 
  region 
  equals 
  two-ninths 
  to 
  one-fourth 
  

   the 
  length 
  from 
  snout 
  to 
  vent. 
  

  

  Coloration 
  very 
  variable. 
  Upper 
  parts 
  yellowish- 
  

   brown, 
  greyish-brown, 
  or 
  reddish, 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  spots 
  ; 
  not 
  unfrequently 
  the 
  back 
  is 
  

   largely 
  blotched 
  with 
  yellowish, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  may 
  be 
  

   spotted 
  with 
  pure 
  white 
  ; 
  or 
  the 
  back 
  may 
  be 
  closely 
  

   speckled 
  and 
  spotted 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  flanks 
  often 
  with 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  spots 
  or 
  marblings 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   A-shaped 
  marking 
  sometimes 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  scapular 
  

   region; 
  dorso-lateral 
  folds 
  usually 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  canthal 
  streak 
  and 
  a 
  

   large 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  black 
  temporal 
  spot; 
  a 
  whitish 
  

   streak 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  eye 
  to 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  ; 
  

   limbs 
  with 
  dark 
  cross 
  bands, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  very 
  indis- 
  

   tinct; 
  hinder 
  side 
  of 
  thighs 
  usually 
  speckled 
  or 
  mar- 
  

   bled 
  with 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Lower 
  parts 
  whitish, 
  rosy 
  

   under 
  the 
  limbs, 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  profusely 
  spotted 
  

   or 
  marbled 
  with 
  brown, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  throat 
  and 
  

   breast; 
  the 
  middle 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  throat, 
  however, 
  usually 
  

   unspotted. 
  In 
  a 
  small 
  living 
  male 
  the 
  throat 
  was 
  

   flesh-colour 
  powdered 
  with 
  gold-dust 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  of 
  the 
  limbs 
  was 
  also 
  carneous, 
  but 
  unpigmented. 
  

   Iris 
  golden, 
  entirely, 
  or 
  brown 
  in 
  its 
  lower 
  moiety. 
  

  

  Males 
  are 
  devoid 
  of 
  vocal 
  sacs, 
  and 
  the 
  nuptial 
  ex- 
  

   crescences 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  finger 
  are 
  granular 
  and 
  grey- 
  

   brown, 
  as 
  in 
  R. 
  agilis 
  9 
  arid. 
  thus 
  different 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  

   R. 
  tem/poraria,) 
  graeca, 
  and 
  latastii. 
  

  

  