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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM VOL. 95 
Genus OEDIPINA Keferstein, 1868 
OEDIPINA LINEOLA (Cope) 
Spelerpes lineolus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 17, 1865a, p. 197 
(‘Mexican Tableland’’). 
Oedipina lineola Corn, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 32, 1887, p. 8. 
A series of 84 specimens was collected. The following are cata- 
loged in the National Museum collection: Veracruz: U.S.N.M. 
Nos. 116387—-116396 from Cuautlapan (January, February, and July, 
1940), and U.S.N.M. No. 116397 from Metlac, February 9, 1939. 
These were found under stones, logs, and in chip piles, in moist 
situations on hillsides at an elevation of about 2,500 feet. 
The locality data ‘“‘Tehuantepec,”’ borne by U.S.N.M. No. 30353, 
we regard as highly improbable. 
Tails of this form continue growth at least during a considerable 
part of the life of the animal. The number of caudal vertebrae may 
reach 60 in very large specimens, while in the half-grown 35 or 40 
only may be present. 
The type locality suggests that this form is from the plateau, but it 
is far more probable that the type came from the eastern slope of the 
plateau at an elevation probably not above 3,500 feet. A specimen 
at Harvard (M.C.Z. No. 8381) is said to be from Jalapa, which has 
an elevation of 4,200 feet. 
Order SALIENTIA Laurenti, 1768 
Family RHINOPHRYNIDAE Ginther, 1858 
Genus RHINOPHRYNUS Duméril and Bibron, 1841 
RHINOPHRYNUS DORSALIS Duméril and Bibron 
PLATE 21, FiguRE 2 
Rhinophrynus dorsalis DumfRIL and Brpron, Erpétologie générale, vol. 8, 1841, 
p. 758, pl. 91, figs. 2, 2a (Veracruz, Veracruz). 
Ninety-seven specimens were collected, of which the following are 
catalogued: Cuiapas: La Esperanza, May 25, 1940, U.S.N.M. No. 
114039; Cruz de Piedra, May 10-11, 1940, U.S.N.M. Nos. 114013- 
114037; Colonia Soconusco, May 9, 1940, U.S.N.M. No. 1140388. 
Oaxaca: Tehuantepec, January 8-11 and March, 1940, U.S.N.M. 
Nos. 114041-114043. Vunracruz: Potrero Viejo, June 8, 1939, 
U.S.N.M. No. 114040. 
Most of the specimens were measured, but all bore the characters 
of dorsalis; none of them were of the rostratus type, described by 
Brocchi from Tehuantepec, as having a much longer snout, the eyes 
closer together, and the nostril midway between eyes and the tip of 
the snout. 
