. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 66 BULLETIN 17 7, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM somewhat truncate iii profile, not shovel-shaped; femur very short; tibiotarsal articulation usually not reaching eye. Young specimens pink (or white in preservative) spotted very imsymmetrically with brown; older specimens increasingly darker and more evenly colored; adults dark drab-gray, usually with a brown interorbital bar, always with a dark triangular postanal mark extending onto the lower part of the femur. Original description.—"An adult, 19704, from Peak La Selle collected
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 66 BULLETIN 17 7, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM somewhat truncate iii profile, not shovel-shaped; femur very short; tibiotarsal articulation usually not reaching eye. Young specimens pink (or white in preservative) spotted very imsymmetrically with brown; older specimens increasingly darker and more evenly colored; adults dark drab-gray, usually with a brown interorbital bar, always with a dark triangular postanal mark extending onto the lower part of the femur. Original description.—"An adult, 19704, from Peak La Selle collected by Andr6 Audant. Tongue moderately broad, very slightly emarginate behind; vomerine teeth in two very short, straight, widely separated patches between and well behind the choanse, their outer ends not extending as far as the inner borders of. Figure 21.—Eleutherodaciylus audanti: a, Dorsal view; b, side of head; c, underside of hind- foot; d, underside of forefoot; e, inside of mouth. No. 19704, type, from Peak La Selle, Haiti. Twice natural size. the choanae; head moderate, without ridges, its greatest width equal to distance from end of snout to occiput; no subgular pouch evident, although a distinct fold occurs across the chest between the forelimbs; nostril much nearer snout than eye, its distance from eye slightly less than the diameter of the latter; upper eyelid much narrower than inter- orbital space; tympanum equal to one-third the diameter of the eye, its distance from the eye somewhat less than its own diameter; disks of fingers moderate in size, that of the third finger covering about two-thirds the tympanic area; first finger much shorter than second; inner toes free, outer ones with a slight rudiment of a web; disks of toes about equal in size to those of the fingers; first toe reaching almost to base of disk of second toe; subarticular tubercles well developed; two prominent metatarsal tubercles; no plantar tubercles; no tarsal. Please note that thes
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