. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 85 ''Description of type specimen.—Vomerine teeth in two long curved series beginning behind the middle of the choanae, separated by the width of the choanae; tongue moderate in size, heart-shaped; snout pointed, depressed, sharp-edged, declining rapidly from the eyes to the tip; when viewed in profile, upper lip projects considerably beyond lower lip; can thus rostralis sloping and very indistinct; nostrils a little nearer to end of snout than to eye; tympanum longer than high, its greatest diameter very slight
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 85 ''Description of type specimen.—Vomerine teeth in two long curved series beginning behind the middle of the choanae, separated by the width of the choanae; tongue moderate in size, heart-shaped; snout pointed, depressed, sharp-edged, declining rapidly from the eyes to the tip; when viewed in profile, upper lip projects considerably beyond lower lip; can thus rostralis sloping and very indistinct; nostrils a little nearer to end of snout than to eye; tympanum longer than high, its greatest diameter very slightly more than half the diameter of eye; interorbital space equals width of upper eyelid; first finger much. Figure 28.—Leptodaclylus dominicensis: a, Dorsal view; b, side of head; c, inside of mouth; d, underside of hindfoot; e, underside of forefoot. No. 65670, type, from Las Cahitas, Dominican Republic. Twice natural size. longer than second, which equals fourth; toes slightly webbed at base; third much longer than fifth; subarticular tubercles well devel- oped; numerous smaller tubercles in series on the sole; two metatar- sal tubercles, the inner connected with a very distinct tarsal fold; heels just touching when hind limbs are folded at right angles to axis of body; tarsometatarsal joint reaching anterior border of tym- panum when hind limbs are carried forward along the body; skin smooth above and below; numerous small, pointed glands on the. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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