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6. Paludicola fuscomaculata Stdr. 
(Pl. XIII, fig. 7.) 
Eupemphix Nattereri (part.) Steindachner, Verli. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1864, 
p. 271. 
Eupemphix fuscomaculatus Steindachner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1864, 
p. 272, tab. XIII, fig. 3 (sec. spec. typ.). 
Lystris fuscomaculatus Cope, Proc. Acad. Philad., 1868, p. 312. 
Gomphobates fuscomaculatus Steindachner, Reise Freg. Novara, 1869, Am- 
phib., p. 12. 
Paludicola fuscomaculata Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal., 1882, p. 233; Boettger, 
Zeitschr. f. Naturw., LYIII, 1885, p. 243. 
Two speeimens ; a female (length 38*5 mm. ) and a male (lenght 
31 mm. from snout to vent). 
Form stout Head short, much broader than long. Tongue small, 
elliptic, entire and free behind. Vomerine teeth none. Snout short, blunt 
and high, rounded on its tip, as long as the diameter of the eye; canthus 
rostralis none ; nostril as far from the eye as from the edge of the upper 
lip, much nearer to the tip of the snout. Interorbital space as broad as 
the upper eyelid or narrower. Tympanum hidden. Fingers moderate, 
free ; first slightly shorter than second, fourth equal with the first ; sub- 
articular tubercles strong ; a smaller inner and a much larger outer 
metacarpal tubercle, both elliptic ; palmar surface with minute, but di¬ 
stinct tubercles. Toes rather short, with a more or less distinct fringe on 
each side and a slight rudiment of web ; third toe longer than fifth ; sub- 
articular tubercles strong, but smaller than under the fingers; plantar 
surface quite smooth : two large, showel-shaped metatarsal tubercles, 
covered with a blackish-brown horny deposit, especially on the broadly 
rounded edge, as well as the tip and the subarticular tubercle of the first 
toe ; a distinct subconical tubercle near the middle of the darsus, closer 
to the lower edge than to the upper one and covered with a horny crust; 
tibio-tarsal articulation does not reach the eye. Back with oval and round 
flat glands, larger ones between and behind the upper eyelids, on the 
scapular and sacral region. Lumbar glands flat, sligthly prominent, but a 
cross-section through the skin shows large oval glands close together 
below the epidermis, forming in both sexes* a slightly elevated oval 
cushion, twice as long as the diameter of the eye. No tarsal fold ; a strong 
ventral discoidal fold. Male without external vocal sacs. 
Coloration. Bright brownish-grey above, with sharply pronounced 
* Dr. Steindachner remarks: «zuweilen eine Lendendrüse (beim Weibchen)» 
