ON THE BATRACHIA AND REPTILIA OF COSTA RICA. 



105 



Length of head and body 

 to orbit . 



" to angle of jaws 

 Width of head at angle of 

 Length of fore limb . 



" of fore foot 



" of hind limb . 



" of hind foot . 



When the limbs are closed, t 



aws 



M. 

 .039 



.005 



.011 



.013 



.024 



.010 



.065 



.016 



he knee and elbow overlap some distance. The 

 species in form and sombre colors resembles some of the Scytopes, but is a true 

 Hyla. 



18. Hyla el^ochroa, Cope, sp. nov. 



A small species with elongate oval head and uniform coloration. The vomerine 

 teeth are entirely between the nates, and form two short series directed backwards 

 towards the middle line; in some specimens the backward inclination is very slight. 

 The choanse are larger than the ostia pharyngea, and the tongue longer than wide. 

 The muzzle is elongate and plane above, and slightly projecting. The nares are 

 as far from each other as from the lip border, and nearly twice as far from the 

 orbit. Eyes large, four or five times the area of the membranum tympani. 

 Digital dilatations large ; fingers entirely free. Toes with emarginate webs not 

 reaching the end of the antepenultimate phalange of the longest toe, which is 

 rather short. Skin above smooth, below finely areolate on the abdomen. Legs 

 long, the heel reaching the end of the muzzle, the wrist not quite reaching the 

 same point. 



Color above and below a uniform olivaceous, without spots. A pale area below 

 the eye ; lip faintly marbled. 



Length of head and body 



" to angle of jaws 

 Width of head at angle of 

 Length of head to orbit 

 " to axilla 

 " of fore limb . 

 " of fore foot 

 " of hind limb . 

 " of hind foot . 



aws 



M. 

 .026 



.009 



.009 



.0045 



.011 



.016 



.007 



.044 



.019 



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