. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 55 two metatarsal tubercles, the outer faintly discernible and very small, the inner moderately large and prominent; no tarsal fold; the bent limbs being pressed along the sides, knee and elbow overlap con- siderably; the hind limbs being adpressed, the heel reaches nearly to the nostril; the liind limbs being placed vertically to the axis of the body, the heels greatly overlap; skin of upper parts finely pustular, with a narrow median glandular ridge running from the snout to the anus, and a few less pronounced
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE HERPETOLOGY OF HISPANIOLA 55 two metatarsal tubercles, the outer faintly discernible and very small, the inner moderately large and prominent; no tarsal fold; the bent limbs being pressed along the sides, knee and elbow overlap con- siderably; the hind limbs being adpressed, the heel reaches nearly to the nostril; the liind limbs being placed vertically to the axis of the body, the heels greatly overlap; skin of upper parts finely pustular, with a narrow median glandular ridge running from the snout to the anus, and a few less pronounced ones extending from the postoccipital. Figure 17.—Eleutherodactylus schinidti schmidti: a, Dorsal view; b, side of head; c, underside of forefoot; d, underside of hindfoot; e, inside of mouth. No. 6910, paratype, from Lo Bracita, Dominican Republic. Natural size. regions backward onto the shoulders; sldn of throat, belly, and under surface of limbs smooth; no external throat folds. Dimensions: Tip of snout to vent, 41 mm.; width of head, 16 mm.; diameter of eye, 5 mm.; diameter of tympanum, mm.; foreleg from axilla, 28 mm.; liindleg from vent, 69 mm.; vent to heel, 42 mm. Color (in alcohol): Upper surfaces drab-gray, with seal-brown reticulations and irregular spots all over the back; a pale narrow interorbital line, mth a heavy concentration of the seal-bro\vn pig- ment beliind tliis line; loreal region dark olive-gray; upper siu-faces of limbs with wide dark cross bars; anal region pale; ventral surfaces pale ecru-drab, with suffusions of light ohve-gray on the chin and chest; belly almost immaculate; lower surfaces of limbs with minute. 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 :
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