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Philippine Journal of Science 
1920 
small, distinct, oblique groups lying between, and for the most 
part posterior to, the hinder level of choanas; latter moderately 
large, distant from vomerine teeth by more than length of a 
single group ; tongue rather small, with a moderate notch behind ; 
a distinct, rounded, low papilla on tongue ; males with vocal sacs, 
the openings small, rounding ; snout short, equal, or nearlj^ equal, 
in length to diameter of eye, rather rounded anteriorly; head 
longer than wide; canthus rostralis angular, loreal region con- 
cave, nearly vertical ; tympanum large, distinct, about two-thirds 
eye, separated from eye by a distance about half its diameter; 
distance of nostrils from each other equals their distance from 
eye; interorbitai distance equal to upper eyelid; nostril more 
than twice as far from eye as from tip of snout; skin above 
smooth on head and body, minutely pitted; sides smooth; chin 
and belly smooth ; ventral and posterior parts of thighs granular ; 
no dorsolateral skin fold; no supratympanic fold; a small glan- 
dular fold at corner of mouth and two smaller ones above in- 
sertion of arms ; fingers slender, with small, distinct disks, those 
of third and fourth fingers of equal size, larger than those on first 
and second; first finger extending slightly farther than second, 
both shorter than fourth; an enlarged nuptial excrescence on 
inner side of first finger; an enlarged gland on upper arm; 
subarticular tubercles distinct, well developed; carpal tubercles 
large, distinct; toes about two-thirds webbed, membranes not 
reaching disks except as very narrow fringe on outer side of 
digits ; toes with small disks slightly pointed, nearly as large as 
largest finger disks ; an elongate inner metatarsal tubercle, and 
a small round outer tubercle; no skin fold on fifth toe; no tarsal 
fold; hind leg brought forward, tibiotarsal articulation reaches 
a little beyond eye; when viewed from above, eyes project beyond 
outline of jaws. 
Color in life. — Above olive slate, slightly mottled with lighter 
olive on head ; an olive yellow line from tip of snout along canthus 
i"ostraIis, across edge of upper eyelid, to end of body along the 
dorsolateral edge ; from tip of snout to eye a purplish slate loreal 
area ; behind eye on sides dark purplish slate ; tympanum brown ; 
a narrow labial line, beginning in front of eye, continues to angle 
of mouth, ending in a white spot on the dim granular fold ; lower 
side mottled with greenish yellow; throat dusky; belly dirty 
white; limbs olive above, with numerous, broad, slate bars, five 
or six on the tibia, and continuing on the foot ; heel and underside 
of foot dark ; underside of hind legs dusky. 
