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ringers ratlier short, obtusely pointed, first shortest, 

 third longest, second and fourth equal ; no sub- 

 articular tubercles ; three palmar tubercles, the inner 

 (rudiment of pollex) largest and very prominent, the 

 two others flat and close together, at the base of the 

 third and fourth fingers. 



Hind limb rather long ; the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the tympanum, the eye, or the nostril ; tibia 

 longer than the femur, the heels overlapping when 

 the legs are folded at right angles to the rhachis. 

 Foot a little shorter than the tibia ; toes rather slender, 

 one-fourth or one-third webbed in females and young, 

 three-fourths or nearly entirely in adult males ; no 

 subarticular tubercles ; no tarsal fold ; a small rounded 

 inner metatarsal tubercle, the length of which equals 

 one-third to one-half the length of the inner toe. 



8kin remarkably shiny in life, smooth or with small 

 warts or short glandular folds on the back ; a more or 

 less developed glandular lateral fold from the eye to 

 above the shoulder, often prolonged on the side of the 

 body to the inguinal region ; a fold of the skin may 

 be present across the occiput behind the eyes. Lower 

 parts smooth except tlie thighs, which are granulate 

 near the vent; throat and belly sometimes with 

 isolated small granules. 



Coloration very variable. Pale brown, grey, gi'eyish 

 olive, yellowish or red above, uniform or with dark, 

 often light-edged spots; some specimens with a broad 

 yellow vertebral stripe, which may be bordered on 

 each side by one or two dark stripes ; the lateral 

 glandular fold light, often reddish or golden ; a dark 

 streak on each side from the tip of the snout to the 

 eye, and a dark temporal blotch or streak ; limbs with 

 transverse dark spots, sometimes forming regular 

 cross-bands ; a more or less distinct light triangular 

 or heart-shaped spot often present on the middle of 

 the back between the fore limbs, and another, more 

 in the form of a streak, on the coccygeal region. 

 The dorsal spots sometimes small and irregular, some- 



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