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prominent. Inner metatarsal tubercle small, soft,
oval, measuring about one-third tlie length of the
inner toe

a small and more or less indistinct tubercle
usually present at the base of the fourth toe.
The skin may be perfectly smooth, or the back
rough with granules and small round warts; hinder
side of thighs granular. Dorso-lateral fold narrow
but rather prominent, running straight from the
temple to the groin

the distance between these folds
on the scapular region equals two-ninths to one-fourth
the length from snout to vent.
Coloration very variable. Upper parts yellowish-
brown, greyish-brown, or reddish, with or without
dark brown spots

not unfrequently the back is
largely blotched with yellowish, and the sides may be
spotted with pure white

or the back may be closely
speckled and spotted with black

flanks often with
dark brown spots or marblings

a dark brown
A-shaped marking sometimes present on the scapular
region; dorso-lateral folds usually with a dark brown
outer margin

a dark brown canthal streak and a
large dark brown or black temporal spot; a whitish
streak from below the eye to the angle of the mouth

limbs with dark cross bands, which may be very indis-
tinct; hinder side of thighs usually speckled or mar-
bled with dark brown. Lower parts whitish, rosy
under the limbs, and more or less profusely spotted
or marbled with brown, especially on the throat and
breast; the middle line of the throat, however, usually
unspotted. In a small living male the throat was
flesh-colour powdered with gold-dust

the lower sur-
face of the limbs was also carneous, but unpigmented.
Iris golden, entirely, or brown in its lower moiety.
Males are devoid of vocal sacs, and the nuptial ex-
crescences of the inner finger are granular and grey-
brown, as in R. agilis 9 arid. thus different from those of
R. tem/poraria,) graeca, and