282 BATRACHIA SALIENTIA. 
Hab. Mexico (Brocchi). 
Extremely similar to H. guatemalensis, from which it is said to differ in having 
the fingers quite destitute of a web, and without a projecting pollex, Skin of the 
back finely granular, shagreened. A curved fold over the tympanic region. Male 
with a gular vocal sac. 
Length of body . . . . ee ee ee ee e+ 666 millim. 
33. Hyla punctariola. 
Hyla punctariola, Peters, MB. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1863, p. 462. 
? Hyla punctariola, Cope, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. viii. p. 106 (1876). 
Hab. 1Costa Rica; Panama, Veraguas. 
Vomerine teeth behind the level of the choanz, in two small, rather approximated 
eroups. Snout scarcely longer than the eye ; distance between the nostrils a little less 
than their distance from the eye, the diameter of which is thrice that of the tympanum ; 
eustachian ostia not smaller than the choane. Fingers free, with moderate disks ; toes 
broadly webbed, the web leaving free the last two phalanges of the fourth toe. When 
carried forwards, the heel does not reach the end of the snout. Upper parts smooth. 
Brownish; a cross-band between the eyes, a large spot on the snout, and transverse 
spots on the upper jaw whitish; limbs, finger, and toes alternately crossed by brown 
and white; lower parts whitish, throat brown, punctulated with white. (After Peters.) 
2. 
Width of head. . . 2. ee eee 85 milli. 
Length of body. . 2. 2 1 ee ee ee eee RRO, 
” hindlimb. . ..... +. + +. . + 84 » 
hind foot . . . . . ) eee eee dS ” 
PP) 
Cope himself suspects that the Costa Rica specimens, which he has referred to this 
species, may be distinct ; they seem to have somewhat longer limbs, and have a very 
different coloration. He distinguishes, besides, three colour-varieties, which he names 
pictipes, mesta, and monticola. 
34. Hyla spilomma. 
Hyla spilomma, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xvii. p. 86 (1877). 
Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cosamaloapam (Sumichrast). 
Vomerine teeth behind the level of the choane, in two transverse series. Head broad ; 
snoutvery short, with obsolete canthus. Tympanum two-fifths the area of the eye; choane 
small. Fingers free, with disks as large as the tympanum ; toes short, about half-webbed. 
Skin of the back thickened, and studded with large obtuse warts. When carried 
forwards, the heel does not reach the end of the snout. Light purplish-brown above, 
