. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 454 HEHIPHIiACTlDiE. rounded. Lateral processes of the helmet strongly diyerging; the distance from the extremity of one of these processes to the other equals its distance from the tip of the snout, or more than three. -^ Ujiper view of head. times the width of the interorhital space, which is concave with prominent ridges ; tympanum large, oval, entirely turned hackwards, Pirst finger longer than second; toes one-third webbed : subarticu- lar tubercles not very prominent; a single metatars
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 454 HEHIPHIiACTlDiE. rounded. Lateral processes of the helmet strongly diyerging; the distance from the extremity of one of these processes to the other equals its distance from the tip of the snout, or more than three. -^ Ujiper view of head. times the width of the interorhital space, which is concave with prominent ridges ; tympanum large, oval, entirely turned hackwards, Pirst finger longer than second; toes one-third webbed : subarticu- lar tubercles not very prominent; a single metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Skin of back smooth, of belly closely, of throat sparsely, granular ; a few conical tubercles on the head and limbs ; a very short triangular dermal flap on the heel. Back brown ; head and limbs greyish, the latter cross-barred with brown ; hinder side of thighs gi'ey, reticulated with blackish; lower surface of tarsi and soles blackish ; lower surfaces dirty white, the belly and limbs reticulated with brown. Ecuador. fl. 2 ? Canelos. - Mr. Buckley [C.]. 3. Ceratohyla fasciata. Hemiphractus fasclatus, Peters, Moji. Berl. Ac. 1802, p. 149, pi, 2. Tongue longer than broad. Snout with a very short pointed dermal appendage ; upper eyelid rounded. Lateral processes of the helmet slightly diverging; the distance from the estrcmity of one of these processes to the other equals its distance from the nostril, or not quite twice and a half the width of the interorhital space; hinder edge of the helmet strongly arched ; tympanum large, oval, obliquely turned backwards. Limbs and body as in C. huhahis. Dark brown above, limbs cross-barred with blackish; hinder side of thighs reticulated with blackish; lower surfaces brown, white- spotted. Ecuador. «. cJ? Canelos. Mr. Buckley [C.].. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have b
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