. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. Lower surface of foot. toes half-webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small disks ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; a single, small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Skin of the back with short longitudinal glandular folds ; lower surfaces smooth. Brown above; loreal and temporal regions blackish ; a dark cross band between the eyes ; limbs cross-barred ; throat and breast mottled with br
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. Lower surface of foot. toes half-webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small disks ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; a single, small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Skin of the back with short longitudinal glandular folds ; lower surfaces smooth. Brown above; loreal and temporal regions blackish ; a dark cross band between the eyes ; limbs cross-barred ; throat and breast mottled with brown. Male without vocal sac. From snout to vent 36 miUim. This species is intermediate between E. heddomii and B. lepto- dactyla. It difi'ers from both, by the much larger tympanum ; from the former, by the toes, which are only half webbed; from the latter, by the length of the first finger, which is superior to that of the second, and by the more extensive web between the toes. Malabar. a-h- 6 $. Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 76. Eana leptodactyla. Polypedates brevipalmatus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Sot: 1875, d. Lower surface of foot. Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique oval groups just behind the level of the hinder edge of the choante. Tongue with a free, pointed, conical papilla in the middle. Head moderate, rather depressed; snout blunt, with moderate canthus rostrahs; inter- orbital space as broad as, or rather narrower than, the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half the width of the eye. Fingers moderate^ first not extending as far as second; toes one-third webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small disks ; subarticular tubercles well developed; a small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department
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