Zachaenus roseus Cope 1890

Know only from the type locallity in south of Chile.

Óleo essencial

Description of the holotype Head and body rather short; hind legs elongate. Width of bead entering length of head and body, two and a half times, and equal the length of the head measured on the side to the middle of the tympanic drum. Heel of extended hind leg reaching a point between the orbit and the nostril. Head depressed, muzzle but little prominent in profile; nostril but little nearer end of muzzle than to eye. Tympanic disk a vertical oval, not defined below, but, if completed, measuring less than half eye-fissure. Interorbital space flat, wider than eye fissure. Tongue, longitudinal oral, but little free, and slightly notched posteriorly. Vomerine teeth in two fascicles near each other, and just posterior to the line connecting the posterior borders of the internal nares. Internal nares minute. Skin smooth above and below; the abdominal integument forming a disk, the anterior fold of which extends from axilla to axilla. A narrow glandular fold from the posterior part of the eyelid to just above the axilla. Digits with slight tubercles below, and the interior surfaces of their extremities thickened. First finger shorter than second. Toe, rather short, with indistinct dermal borders. An internal, but no external solar tubercle. No tarsal tubercle; the thin inner edge turned upwards. Color, pale rose gray above, dirty white below. A black band extends from the end of the muzzle along the canthus rostralis, and follows the glandular fold to is end above the axilla. A branch descends, and, crossing the tympanic drum, stops a short dlstance in front of the shoulder. Limbs with very indistinct dusky cross-bars. Tarsus dusky below. Two large brown spots on the front side of the forearm. Two similar spots on the proximal half of the front of the tibia. Length of head and body, 23 mm; of head to posterior edge of tympanum (axial), 7.5mm; width at canthus oris, 9mm; of fore leg, 14mm; of fore foot, 6mm; of hind leg from vent, 37mm; of hind foot, 15.5mm; of tarsus, 8mm; of tibia, 11.5mm.

ÁFRICA, ÁSIA, EUROPA

NE. Not evaluated.