. The Eleutherodactylus of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes (Anura : Leptodactylidae). Eleutherodactylus; Leptodactylidae; Amphibians; Amphibians; Amphibians. Fig. 5.—Andean Eleutherodactylus. A. E. rubicundus, KU 146170, adult male, mm SVL. B. E. trachyblepharis, KU 120180, adult female, mm SVL. C. £. trepidotus, KU 143435, juvenile female, mm SVL. D. E. w-nigrum, KU 143301, adult female, mm SVL. From color transparencies by WED. tongue longer than wide, posterior bor- der feebly notched, posterior }i not adherent to floor of mouth; males with long vocal slits
. The Eleutherodactylus of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes (Anura : Leptodactylidae). Eleutherodactylus; Leptodactylidae; Amphibians; Amphibians; Amphibians. Fig. 5.—Andean Eleutherodactylus. A. E. rubicundus, KU 146170, adult male, mm SVL. B. E. trachyblepharis, KU 120180, adult female, mm SVL. C. £. trepidotus, KU 143435, juvenile female, mm SVL. D. E. w-nigrum, KU 143301, adult female, mm SVL. From color transparencies by WED. tongue longer than wide, posterior bor- der feebly notched, posterior }i not adherent to floor of mouth; males with long vocal slits (from tongue to corner of jaw) and large subgular vocal sac. Skin of dorsum, flanks, upper surfaces of limbs smooth, no dorsolateral folds, that of venter and undersides of thighs areolate; discoidal folds prominent, end- ing well anteriad to groin; anal opening not extended, no para-anal warts; in- definite ridge of low ulnar tubercles; palmar tubercle bifid, nearly twice size of oval thenar tubercle; numerous super- numerary palmar tubercles, all non- pungent; subarticular tubercles round, non-conical, pungent; fingers bearing ill- defined lateral fringes, all with discs (broader than long) on dilated pads; pad of thumb as large as tympanum, those of fingers II-IV times tym- panum; thumb shorter than second fin- ger; male with white, non-spinous nup- tial pad on median surface of thumb. Heel and tarsus lacking obvious tu- bercles (inner tarsal tubercle evident in adult female KU 165471); inner meta- tarsal tubercle oval, length twice width; outer metatarsal tubercle subconical, length slightly greater than width, %- /3 size of inner; numerous supernumer- ary plantar tubercles, none prominent; subarticular tubercles round, subconical; lateral fringes on toes less obvious than those on fingers; toe discs broader than long on dilated pads, pads smaller than those on outer fingers, rounded apically; shank (x = ) percent SVL; heels of flexed hind legs overlap;
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