. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 80 BULLETIN 58^ UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Width of head. Fore leg. mm. 12 23 Hind leg from vent to i\\) of longest toe 57 Tibia 16. 5 Foot from base of inner metatarsal tubercle to tip of longest toe 18 Inner metatarsal tubercle 2 The adult male has a hirge external, dark-pigmented, vocal sac under the throat, folding up with longitudinal folds when not inflated. The males of No. 7428, which were collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, at Simoda, in May, 1855, consequently during the breed- ing season, have a large and distinct pad of n
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 80 BULLETIN 58^ UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Width of head. Fore leg. mm. 12 23 Hind leg from vent to i\\) of longest toe 57 Tibia 16. 5 Foot from base of inner metatarsal tubercle to tip of longest toe 18 Inner metatarsal tubercle 2 The adult male has a hirge external, dark-pigmented, vocal sac under the throat, folding up with longitudinal folds when not inflated. The males of No. 7428, which were collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, at Simoda, in May, 1855, consequently during the breed- ing season, have a large and distinct pad of nuptial asperities on the upper side of the base of the first finger, but they are not distinguished from the adj acent skin by any different coloration. The color of these specimens, which have the back unspotted, is described from life by Stimpson as being ''bright light green above; a golden band along each side of the head, including the eye; sides minutely sprinkled with copper color; belly ; Variation.—In the series before me the structural and proportional characters, such as the size and shape of the vomerine series of teeth, the size of tympanum, digital disks, and metatarsal tubercle, vary within cer- tain limits. The length of the foot is found to vary considerably in a few specimens, apparently without being correlated with any other difference. It is in the coloration, however, that we meet with the greatest amount of variation. Not only are many of the specunens entirely uniform above, but the lat- eral stripe is scarcely indicated in a large number, and the mark on the tip of the snout is absent in most. The dusky spot beneath the eye is present in a majority, and the crossbars on the tarsus are visible in all the specimens which are not so faded from age as to have lost nearly all trace of markings. In the specimens with dorsal spots the angular shoulder mark is usually present^ but in No. 23542, at least, there is a longitudinal stripe on each side
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