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toes practically unwebbed at base; two metatarsal tubercles, inner
rather elongate and prominent; the tibiotarsal articulation of the
adpressed hind limb reaches to the shoulder (between the shoulder and
tympanum in the paratypes); smooth above; sides granular; smooth
below except for sides of belly.
"Coloration in alcohol.—Very dark brown, almost black, above;
below dark brown, but considerably lighter than the dorsal coloration,
densely covered with irregularly shaped white spots; medially the
spots tend to be elongate and to arrange themselves to form a broken
Figure 10.
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Eleutherodactylus ventrilineatus: a, Dorsum; b, venter; c, profile of head; d,
inside of mouth; e, underside of hand; /, underside of foot. U.S.N.M. No. 95429, from
Morne La Hotte, Haiti, a-d, X I'/a; '>/. X 3.
line starting on the under side of the lower jaw and extending almost
to the hindleg.
"In the paratypes the lower side of the imder jaw (except in no.
19,863) is whitish, marked more or less with the brown of the ventral
ground color; the ventral median line may or may not extend onto the
head. Also the ventral spots in some paratypes tend to run together.
The paratypes also show whitish on the hands and feet, and may also
show patches of the same color under the femur and under the fore
limbs. The smallest paratype, No. 19,863, shows but little evidence
of the ventral median line. This median ventral line, which seems