rsum in life and red
flash-colors on groin and thighs.
_Description of Holotype._--Adult male having a snout-vent
length of 30.0 mm.; tibia length, 14.6 mm.; tibia
length/snout-vent length, 48.7 per cent; foot length
(measured from proximal edge of inner metatarsal tubercle to
tip of longest toe), 12.3 mm.; head length, 9.2 mm.; head
length/snout-vent length, 32.3 per cent; head width, 9.3
mm.; head width/snout-vent length, 31.0 per cent; diameter
of eye, 3.2 mm.; diameter of tympanum, 1.3 mm.;
tympanum/eye, 40.6 per cent. Snout in lateral profile
square, in dorsal profile obtusely rounded; canthus
pronounced; loreal region slightly concave; lips moderately
flaring; top of head flat; nostrils protuberant; internarial
distance, 2.8 mm.; interorbital distance, 3.3 mm., much
broader than width of eyelid, 2.8 mm. A heavy dermal fold
from posterior corner of eye above tympanum to insertion of
forelimb, covering upper edge of tympanum; tympanum
elliptical, its greatest diameter equal to its distance from
eye. Forearm robust with a distinct fold on wrist; pollex
moderately enlarged without nuptial spines; second and
fourth fingers equal in length; subarticular tubercles
round; none is bifid; disc of third finger slightly larger
than tympanum; no web between first and second fingers;
vestige of web between other fingers. Heels overlap when
hind limbs adpressed; tibiotarsal articulation extends to
anterior corner of eye; no tarsal fold; inner metatarsal
tubercle large, flat, and elliptical; outer metatarsal
tubercle near inner one and triangular; subarticular
tubercles round; length of digits from shortest to longest
1-2-5-3-4; toes about one-half webbed; discs smaller on toes
than on fingers. Anal opening directed posteriorly at upper
level of thighs; no anal flap; pair of large tubercles below
anal opening; small tubercles ventral and lateral to these.
Skin of dorsum and ventral surfaces of limbs smooth, that of
throat and belly granular. Ventrolateral glands noticeably
thickened, extending from axilla nearly to groin and only
narrowly separated medially on chest. Skin of anterior part
of chin thickened and glandular. Tongue cordiform, shallowly
notched behind and only slightly free posteriorly; vomerine
teeth 0-3, situated o
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