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Description.—U.S.N.M. No. 65733, an adult male from Samand
and Laguna, D. R., taken by Dr. W. L. Abbott in March 1923.
Tongue broader than long, sUghtly emarginate behmd; vomerine
teeth in two straight heavy groups on a line with the posterior borders
of the choanae; head broader than long; nostrils near the tip of the
snout, their distance from each other equal to their distance from the
eye; snout rounded; interorbital width equal to the greatest diameter
of the eye; no indication of ossification in the derm of the head;
canthus rostralis rounded, the loreal region concave, and the upper
hp projecting conspicuously; tympanum distinct, its width shghtly
more than half that of the eye; the hind limb being adpressed, the
Figure 4.
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Hyla pulchrilineata: a, Dorsal view; b, side of head; c, inside of mouth; d, under-
side of forefoot; e, underside of hindfoot. U.S.N.M. No. 65733, from Samana and Laguna,
Dominican Republic. One and one-half times natural size.
tibio tarsal articulation reaches beyond the tip of the snout; digits
with large disks, those of the fingers about equal to the tympanum,
those of the toes about two-thirds the size of the tympanum; fingers
with the merest trace of a web, toes one-half webbed; skin minutely
glandular above, practically smooth; tliroat, chest, abdomen, and
thighs coarsely granular; a supratympanic fold continuing backward
behind the ear and ending just above the insertion of the shoulder;
a very sUght dorsolateral fold; a pair of external vocal sacs. Male in
the breeding season with a large black horny patch on the inner portion
of the first finger and with a very prominent fold of skin across the
throat.
Color (in alcohol) : Upper parts deep fawn color, lightening toward
the extremities; a narrow light median dorsal line (golden-yellow in
Ufe); a light fine beginning above the nostril, continuing back along
the canthus rostrahs, through the eye, above the tympanum and
along the sides, curving inward toward the vent ; a brighter but more