OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 29 



Head large, a little broader than long, the crown broad, flat, 

 the muzzle short and rounded ; the eye large, paratoid moderate, 

 broad, projecting a little above the tympanum ; skin smooth on 

 the back, or with very minute granules, which are larger and 

 conspicuous on the sides and belly ; discs of the fingers very 

 large, larger in diameter than the width of the tympanum ; tym- 

 panum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye and equal to the 

 discs of the fingers, conspicuous, a little longer than broad ; the 

 first finger opposite the other three, and joined to the second by 

 a rudimentary membrane, the second and third about Q) one- 

 third webbed, the third and fourth about (|) one-half webbed ; 

 the first and second with one each, and the third and fourth 

 with two conspicuous subarticular tubercles each ; toes nearly 

 full-webbed, the discs smaller than those of the fingers, inter- 

 digital membrane extending from the discs on the outer side to 

 a little below the discs on the inner ; subarticular tubercles 

 smaller than on the hands, a small obtuse tubercle on the meta- 

 tarsus at the base of the innermost toe. The tongue large, 

 roundish, somewhat heart-shaped, bluntly notched behind ; inner 

 nostrils large, vomerine teeth situated on two oblong discs 

 obliquely placed apart on the inner margin of the nostrils ; 

 general color, green above, yellowish white below ; the webs, 

 discs of the feet and hands pinkish above, yellowish below ; along 

 the under margin of the lower jaw, shaded with dull greenish ; 

 a small pink stripe on the margin below the angle of the mouth 

 to near the shoulder ; from the disc of the outer finger along the 

 outer margin of the forearm to the elbow, a cutaneous ridge or 

 fold bounded by a pink or rose stripe, a similar fold and rosy 

 stripe along the outer edge of the fifth toe and metatarsus to the 

 back of the tibia ; a narrow cutaneous ridge on the inner side of 

 the metatarsus ; the tympanum, inner sides of legs and arms, and 

 the sides below the arms pinkish. 



Total length, 3*2 inches ; forearm, 0*85 inch; longest finger 

 (4th), 0*9 inch; femur, l'7 w inches ; tibia, 1*85 inches; metatarsus, 

 0*95 inch; outer toe, l'l inches; longest (4th), 1*25 inches; from 



