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Vol. 45, pp. 191-194 October 25, 1932
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

A NEW FROG, ELEUTHERODACTYLUS WETMOREI,
FROM THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI.
BY DORIS M. COCHRAN.

   A small collection of reptiles and amphibians from Haiti, secured in 1927 by Dr. Alexander Wetmore of the United States National Museum while travelling on funds provided for zoological collecting by the late Mr. B.H. Swales, has already yielded a genus of Anguid lizards [[superscript]] 1 [[/superscript]] new to science, and a new species of [[italicized]] Chamaelinorops, [[/italicized]] [[superscript]] 2 [[/superscript]] a genus formerly known only from Navassa. The frog described below I recognized as being distinct at the time these other new forms were being studied, but as the specimens were not in a good state of preservation, its description was put off in the hope that fresh material from the type locality could be obtained. It seems unlikely that such material will be forthcoming, therefore the following description has been drawn up. It is a pleasure to name the species for its collector.

Eleutherodactylus wetmorei, new species.
   [[italicized]] Diagnosis. [[/italicized]] - Belly granular; no spinelike tubercle on upper eyelid; toes and fingers very slightly webbed, rounded at the tips; head moderate; snout normally rounded in profile; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching to posterior corner of eye; vomerine teeth in 2 oblique groups behind and between the choanae; thigh and groin heavily marked with dark blotches on a pale ground.
   [[italicized]] Type. [[/italicized]] - U.S.N.M. No. 72617, an adult from Fonds-des-Nègres, Haiti, taken by Dr. A. Wetmore on April 5, 1927, from the nest of a palm-chat, [[italicized]] Dulus dominicus, [[/italicized]] together with two tree-toads, [[italicized]] Hyla dominicensis. [[/italicized]]
   [[italicized]] Description of the type. [[/italicized]] - Tongue broad, apparently not emarginate

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[[superscript]] 1 [[/superscript]] A new genus of Anguid Lizards from Haiti. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 40, June 30, 1927, pp. 91-92.
[[superscript]] 2 [[/superscript]] A new species of [[italics]] Chamaelinorops [[/italics]] from Haiti. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 41, Mar. 16, 1928, pp. 45-47.

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