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Upper parts with flat smooth warts of unequal size ; a very indistinct 
dorso-lateral fold. Lower parts smooth, sides of belly feebly areolate. 
Dark brown above, with yellowish streaks on the head and body, viz. 
a very narrow one on the vertebral line and a broader one from the end of 
the snout along the canthus rostralis and the outer border of the upper 
eyelid to above the tympanum, where it bifurcates, the upper branch 
extending to above the vent, the lower descending obliquely to the groin ; 
usually a yellowish bar across the occiput ; a yellowish streak above the 
blackish edge of the upper lip, continued to above the shoulder ; a white 
oblique line in front of the eye and a white circle round the tympanum ; 
limbs with dark and pale bars ; hinder side of thighs yellowish, marbled 
with black. Throat and breast dark brown, or marbled with dark brown,, 
with a Y-shaped white marking on each side ; belly white. 
Male with large, bilocular external vocal sacs, each protruding through 
a slit on the side of the throat, terminating close to the middle of the base 
of the arm, the slit as long as the orbit ; fore limb not thickened, without 
nuptial callosities. 
Measurements, in Millimetres. 
S 
6 
? 
From snout to vent . 
. 48 . 
46 . 
46 
Head 
. 16 . 
15 . 
15 
Width of head .... 
. 17 . 
17 . 
17 
Snout ..... 
. 6 . 
6 . 
6 
Eye 
6 . 
6 . 
6 
Interorbital width . 
2-5. 
2-5. 
2-5 
Tympanum . . . . 
4 . 
4 . 
4 
Fore limb 
. 21 . 
21 . 
23 
1st finger ..... 
. 3 . 
3 . 
3 
2nd fing'er ..... 
. 3 . 
3 .. 
3 
3rd finger ..... 
4 . 
4 . 
4 
4th finger ..... 
1-5. 
2 . 
2 
Hind limb . . . . 
. . 56 . 
57 . 
59 
Tibia 
. 18 . 
18 . 
19 
Foot 
. 17 . 
17 . 
17 
Inner toe ..... 
. 3 . 
3 . 
3 
Inner metatarsal tubercle 
3 . 
3 . 
3 
This description is taken from the three type specimens from Beira, 
Portuguese East Africa, forming part of a collection made by Mr. Claude 
G-rant, and presented to the British Museum by Mr. C. D. Eudd, after whom 
the species is named. 
