. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 5. NECTES. 327 tending in a nearly straight line to the uares, with a slight thickening ojDposite the front of the orbit; a low, narrow postorbital ridge ; no trace of tympanum. Digits of hands and feet enclosed in the skin, leaving the longest median digit projecting; inner digits of hands and feet rudimentary ; no metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. Hind limbs short. Skin with minute tubercles ; parotoids veiy small, subrotund. General colour black, above a little lighter, with a few da
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 5. NECTES. 327 tending in a nearly straight line to the uares, with a slight thickening ojDposite the front of the orbit; a low, narrow postorbital ridge ; no trace of tympanum. Digits of hands and feet enclosed in the skin, leaving the longest median digit projecting; inner digits of hands and feet rudimentary ; no metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. Hind limbs short. Skin with minute tubercles ; parotoids veiy small, subrotund. General colour black, above a little lighter, with a few darker spots on each side; sometimes a brown median dorsal band. Costa Rica. 5. NECTES. Pseudobufo, Tsclmdi, Batr. p. 87. Nectes, Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 18(j5, p. 103. Pupil horizontal. Tongue elliptical, entire and free behind. Palate smooth. Nostrils directed upwards. Tympanum distinct. Fingers free ; toes webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. No omosternum ; sternum a cartilaginous plate, ossified along the centre. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra rather strongly dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. Java. 1. Nectes suhasper. Pseudobufo subasper, Tsclmdi, I. c. Nectes subasper, Cope, I. 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). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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