. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 356 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 206 Pseitdopaludicola ameghini (Cope) Figure 27 1887. Paludicola ameghini Cope, p. 50 (type locality, Chapada, Mato Grosso).— Baumann, 1912, p. 162.—Nieden, 1923, p. 507.—Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, pp. 164, 223.—Mello-Leitao, 1937, pp. 315, 342. 1927. Pseudopaludicola ameghini Parker, 1927b, p. 454. Description.—Adult male, USNM 98433, Pirapora, Minas Gerais. Tongue oval, about one-half the width of mouth-opening, rounded on its free posterior border. Snout round when viewed from above and in profile; upper jaw
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 356 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 206 Pseitdopaludicola ameghini (Cope) Figure 27 1887. Paludicola ameghini Cope, p. 50 (type locality, Chapada, Mato Grosso).— Baumann, 1912, p. 162.—Nieden, 1923, p. 507.—Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, pp. 164, 223.—Mello-Leitao, 1937, pp. 315, 342. 1927. Pseudopaludicola ameghini Parker, 1927b, p. 454. Description.—Adult male, USNM 98433, Pirapora, Minas Gerais. Tongue oval, about one-half the width of mouth-opening, rounded on its free posterior border. Snout round when viewed from above and in profile; upper jaw projecting considerably beyond lower. Nostrils superolateral, midway between tip of snout and eye, the interval between them equal to their distance from eye; canthus rostralis bluntly rounded, merging into the flat, sloping loreal region, which is set off from the upper lip by a short furrow. Eye large and. Figure 27.—Pseudopaludicola ameghini, USNM 98433: a, Dorsum; b, profile; c, foot; d, hand; all X 2%. prominent, its diameter not quite as great as its distance from end of snout; interorbital diameter as wide as upper eyelid, equal to inter- val between nostrils. Tympanum not visible. Fingers moderately long, fringed, not dilated, second slightly longer than fourth, reaching to base of antepenultimate phalanx of third; a large oval metacarpal tubercle and a crescentic one at base of first finger; subarticular tubercles of hands and feet well developed; a small oval antebrachial tubercle near base of thumb, and indications of a second one at the end of a fold extending nearly to the elbow. Toes long, fringed, third longer than fifth, reaching halfway along the antepenultimate phalanx of fourth; a moderate oval inner and a small outer meta- tarsal tubercle; a heavy tarsal ridge beginning at the inner tubercle,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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