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DISCOGLOSSIUiE. 



outwards to the vertical of the inner or of the outer 

 border of the choange. Tongue large, thick, circular, 

 slightly free behind. 



jtjQ gQ Head large, moderately depressed, 



broader than long; snout rounded, 

 slightly projecting, as long as the 

 diameter of the orbit ; can thus ros- 

 tralis rounded ; loreal region grooved, 

 nostril a little nearer the eye than 

 the tip of the snout ; eye large, very 

 prominent; interorbital space as broad 

 as the upper eyelid, and as broad as 

 Open mouth. ^^ ^ ji^^^j^ broader than the distance 



between the nostrils ; tympanum circular, three-fifths 

 to four-fifths the diameter of the eye. 



Fingers rather short, depressed, obtuse, first shorter 

 than second, as long as- fourth or slightly shorter, 

 third lone'est; no subarticular tubercles; -^,^ 



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three prominent palmar tubercles, corre- 

 sponding in position to the base of the first, 

 third, and fourth fingers, inner oval, outer 

 round and largest, median round and 

 smallest. 



Hind limb short; the tibio-tarsal articula- Lower 

 tion reaches the shoulder in the female, the view of 

 tympanum in the male ; the tarso-metatarsal *' '^ ™ • 

 articulation reaches the eye in the female, the tip of 

 the snout or between the eye and the tip of the snout 

 in the male; tibia as long as the femur, the heels 

 meeting when the legs are folded at right angles to 

 the rhachis. Foot as long as or a little shorter than 

 the tibia ; toes short, depressed, obtusely pointed, one- 

 third to one-half webbed, and bordered; no subarticular 

 tubercles ; a small, rounded, inner metatarsal tubercle. 



Upper parts covered with small smooth warts, 

 limbs neai4y smooth, with a glandular thickening on the 

 forearm and another on the calf ; a small, more or less 

 distinct parotoid gland behind the eye above the tym- 

 panum, usually followed by a series of smaller glands 



