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tubercle above insertion of arm, on each shoulder, and in middle 
of back; several scattered tubercles on back and on upper side 
of thigh; two prominent glandular mammalike tubercles on 
breast; skin on head involved in cranial os^fication; first finger 
about as long as second, both extending farther than fourth, 
tips swollen slightly into blunt disks without- grooves ; subarticu- 
lar tubercles not distinct ; a rather large swelling at base of first 
finger; toes apparently entirely free; third distinctly longer 
than fifth; a large inner metatarsal tubercle as long as first 
toe; no tarsal fold; hind leg brought forward, the tibiotarsal 
articulation reaches anterior edge of tympanum. 
Color in life . — Above olive gray ; a backward curved line across 
head limits the dark occipital area, which continues backward 
between the dorsolateral folds to end of body; a narrow black 
line follows the outer side of the dorsolateral folds some dis- 
tance; most of the tubercles on back dense black; numerous 
dark flecks scattered through the ground color; an elongate 
black spot above insertion of arms; outer edge of upper eyelid 
and spine black ; a black loreal stripe and a narrow, black, yellow- 
edged line below eye, ending in a black spot behind eye; tip of 
snout dark ; upper lip with elongate, yellow-edged spots confluent 
with those on lower jaw ; limbs with very dim bars above ; below, 
throat brownish with islandlike, yellow-edged spots; belly and 
underside of hind limbs yellow, with brownish spots; distinct 
black spots on underside of fore limbs; breast tubercles yellow, 
as are also the tips of the dermal spines on eye and angle of jaw ; 
heel and foot with black spots. 
Measurements of Megalophrys ligayse sp. nov. 
mm. 
Length, snout to vent 
Length of head, to angle of jaw 
Width of head, at tympanum 
Diameter of eye 
Diameter of tympanum 
Eye to nostril 
Length of snout 
Tympanum from eye 
Interorbital distance 
Eyelid 
Foreleg 
Longest finger 
Hind leg 
Femur 
Tibia 
Foot (entire) 
Longest toe 
60 
23 
29 
7.1 
4.8 
41 
9 
7 
9 
37 
15 
74 
25 
18 
31 
20 
6 
