DESCRIPTION.—Head semi-elliptical, somewhat convex, with the muzzle
nearly perpendicular; vertex smooth. Eyes of moderate size.
Nostrils very small, opening upwards. Tongue broad and rounded
behind, narrowing to a point at the apex, detached at the
posterior part. Palatine teeth in two small approximate patches,
between the posterior nostrils. Openings of the Eustachian tubes
scarcely visible. Extremities of moderate length. The fore feet,
with four rather short toes, connected at the base by a short
membrane; the inner toe broad, and with a slight projection under
the skin, along its inner margin; hinder toes connected as far as
the joint of the second and third phalanges.
The colour of the only specimen in the collection has become totally
changed into a smoky brown by the spirit, but the following is Mr.
Darwin’s description of it when living: “On the centre of the back a
strong tinge of grass-green, shading on the sides into a yellowish
brown; iris coppery.”
DIMENSIONS.
Inches. Lines.
Length of the head 0 5
of the body 1 0
of the anterior extremities 0 9
of the posterior extremities 1 8
Mr. Darwin found this species “in the island of Inchy, archipelago of
Chonos, north part of Cape Tres Montes, from the same great height as
_Bufo Chilensis_ (from 500 to 2500 feet elevation) under a stone.”
GENUS—LITORIA. _Bibr._
LITORIA GLANDULOSA. _Mihi._