_Dentibus palatinis in fasciculis distantibus obliquis pone nares
posteriores positis; palmis bituberculatis._
Habitat, Chiloe and Valdivia.
DESCRIPTION.—Head depressed, the vertex slightly concave between the
orbits; front (space included between two lines drawn from the
anterior corner of the orbits to the point of the nose) triangular
and distinct. Nostrils lateral. Eyes rather prominent. Tongue
broad, ovate, acuminated in front, behind entire and rounded, the
posterior half and the sides detached. Palatine teeth in two oval
parcels, direct obliquely backwards and inwards, and situated at
some distance behind the line of the posterior margin of the
nares. Tympanum concealed. Body rather depressed and short. Skin
smooth and without pores or glands, excepting on the posterior and
inferior surface of the thighs, where there are some small
granular elevations. Pore legs two-thirds the length of the head
and body. The fore-arm rather larger than the upper arm. The
fingers entirely separated, the third considerably the longest. A
small tubercle under each joint, and two on the palm near the
wrist. Length of the hinder legs to that of the head and body as 5
to 3, or rather more. Toes connected only at their base. A small
tubercle under each joint, and a very depressed one at the base of
the inner toe.
COLOUR of the upper parts fuscous, with a lateral fascia extending
from the orbit nearly to the thigh, of a dark-brown colour,
bordered with whitish; and another of an elongated triangular form
on each ilium. Legs with transverse incomplete faciæ of the same
colour. Under parts grey, with numerous brown dots.
DIMENSIONS.
Inches. Lines.
Length of the body and head 1 5
of the anterior extremities 1 0
of the posterior extremities 2 6
Taken at Valdivia and at Chiloe, in a thick forest, by Mr. Darwin.