182 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Type 



A. M. N. H. No. 10317, $ , El Yunque near the Forester's cabin 

 (about 1300 feet), Luquillo Forest Reserve, Porto Eico, September 30, 

 1919, Karl P. Schmidt. 



Description of Type 



Head as long as broad, narrower than the body; snout pointed, its 

 length anterior to the eyes once and a half the interorbital width; 

 nostrils one-third the distance between eye and tip of snout from the 

 latter; tympanum distinct, small, about one-third the diameter of the 

 eye, separated from the eye by a little more than its own diameter; 

 canthus rostralis sharp; elbow and knee pressed along sides overlap; 

 heels overlap when the legs are placed at right angles to the body; 



Fig. 8. — Elentherodactylus wightmance, new species 

 A. M. N. II. No. 10220. Twice natural size. 



tibiotarsal articulation reaching the anterior border of the eye; disks of 

 fingers and toes well developed; digits slender, free; first toe distinctly 

 shorter than the second; no tarsal folds; vomerine teeth in two straight 

 series, separated in the median line, extending laterally as far as the 

 outer border of the choanae, and about the diameter of a choana behind 

 them; tongue large, slightly nicked behind; skin rugose above, with 

 longitudinal lines or folds, the most distinct of which originate behind 

 the orbits and extend backward about two-thirds the length of the back ; 

 a less distinct mid-dorsal ridge from snout to vent ; venter and outer face 

 of thighs rugose ; a subgular vocal sac. 



