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HYLA VIRIDIS. 



Plate XX. 



Characters. Body above bright green, beneath yellowish-white, and granulated; 

 a lateral line of straw colour extends from the upper jaw over the shoulder and 

 along the flanks. 



Synonymes. Green tree frog, Catesb., Caorlina, &c., vol. ii. p. 71, pi. Ixxi. 

 Hyla viridis, Laur., Synops. Rept., p. 33, variety B. 

 Cinereous frog, Penn., Arct. ZooL, vol. iii. p. 42. 

 Rana arborea, Gmel., Syst. Nat. Lin., variety B. vol. i. p. 1054. 

 Calamita cinerea, Schneid., Hist. Amph., fas. i. p. 17S. 

 Hyla lateralis, Za^r., Hist. NaL Rept, torn. ii. p. 180. 

 Hyla lateralis, Daud., Hist. Nat. des Rain., &c., p. 16, pi. ii. fig. 1. 

 Hyla lateralis, Daud., Hist. Nat. des Rept., torn. viii. p. 27. 

 Calamita lateralis, Merr., Versuch eines Syst. der Rept., p. 171. 

 Hyla lateralis, Leconte, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vol. ii., p. 279. 

 Hyla lateralis, Harl., Med. and Phys. Res., p. 107. 



Description. The head is flattened; above it is of a bright grass green colour, 

 as well as at the sides; the snout is obtuse; the upper jaw is green in front, but 

 dull white behind. The nostrils are nearer the snout than to the orbit. The eyes 

 are large and prominent, the pupil dark, with a beautiful golden iris; the tympanum 

 is small, but very distinct, and green like the body. The body is stout and 

 compressed, of a lively grass green, with occasional spots of brightest gold colour; 

 a pale straw coloured line begins under the anterior part of the orbit, runs 

 beneath the eye and tympanum, and is continued above the shoulder along the 



