Description
Length: 45-50 mm, maximum 53 mm
Body Internarial distance greater than snout-nostril distance.
Above Dark grey-brown to chocolate brown or green. A broad creamy tot orange-brown vertebral band from snout to vent, bordered by elongated blackish spots. Snout without prominent pale triangle, not paler than rest of body. 6 or more dorsolateral skin ridges prominent, continuous only as far as the hump of the back and creamy-white. Dark brown blotches, smaller than eye, between vertebral bands and dorsolateral ridges.
Tympanum Prominent. Slightly smaller than eye.
Underside Creamy-white, sometimes with grey mottling along lower jaw on throat and on hind part of abdomen. Thighs and groin often pale yellow. Skin smooth.
Forelimbs Arm comparatively short.
Hindlimbs Foot shorter than tibia. There is a pale line sometimes present along the upper surface of the tibia. Back of thigh dark grey, with yellow mottling sometimes forming irregular lines. Webbing moderate. 2,75 to 3 phalanges of fourth toe and one phalanx of fifth toe free of webbing. Tarsal fold present. Inner and outer metatarsal tubercles present. Row of tubercles under fourth toe.
Sexual dimorphism Gular slits in male not parallel to jaw-line on lateral view.
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