. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 128 BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Boulenger'* regards this species as closely allied to R. tigerina, differing in smaller size, half-webbed toes, slight development of the fringe on the fifth toe and usually in the presence of a small outer metatarsal tubercle. One of the chief differences I fuid, however, is in the situation of the vomerine teeth. In R. tigerina they are ante- rior, approximated very closely to the choanse, while in R. limnocharis they are posterior and c^uite distant from the choanne, their distance from the
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 128 BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Boulenger'* regards this species as closely allied to R. tigerina, differing in smaller size, half-webbed toes, slight development of the fringe on the fifth toe and usually in the presence of a small outer metatarsal tubercle. One of the chief differences I fuid, however, is in the situation of the vomerine teeth. In R. tigerina they are ante- rior, approximated very closely to the choanse, while in R. limnocharis they are posterior and c^uite distant from the choanne, their distance from the latter being twice as great as their distance from each other. Description (figs. \Q1-Hi)).—Adult female; No. 31798; Onomichi, Prov. Aki, Hondo; June 4, 1903; Dr. H. M. Smith, col- lector. Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups, the anterior border of which is on a lino with the posterior border of the choanae, their distance from the latter twice as great as their distance from each other posteriorly; nostrils a little nearer the tip of .the snout than the eyes; interorbital space about two-thirds the width of upper eyelid; snout convex in cross-section, canthus rostralis rounded; tympanum 108 109 * 110. 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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