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The photos clearly showed that dentition is absent in the upper jaws, and that the lower jaws have just two or three short, subconical teeth on each side.

From Scientific American • Feb. 27, 2012

Bill short, subconical; upper mandible curved at tip and bending over lower one, which is nearly straight; the edges of both somewhat inflected and not notched.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

All members of the genus have well-developed subconical subarticular tubercles on the fingers and toes; there is a tendency for the distal tubercle on the fourth finger to be weakly bifid.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.