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the first or second rows. The first and second rows about equal or 

 one and one-half greater than the horny beaks. 



Measurements. — Length of body (10.0-12.0 mm.) in tail (11.5- 

 23.0 mm.) 1.1-2.0, average 1.67. Width (6.0-7.2 mm.) of body in its 

 own length 1.5-1.85, average 1.65. Depth (5.0-6.5 mm.) of body 

 1.0-1.85 mm. in body width, average 1.2. Depth of body 1.61-2.18 

 in body length, average 1.86. Depth (5.0-7.0 mm.) of tail in length 

 of tail 2.5-3.5, average 3.0. Muscular part (2.0-3.0 mm.) 1.9-2.5 

 in depth of tail, average 2.1. Spiracle 1.0-1.5 nearer base of hind 

 legs or vent region (5.0-7.0 mm.) than the tip of the snout (6.0-9.0 

 mm.), average 1.22. Spiracle 1.25-2.3 nearer eye (2.5-4.8 mm.) 

 than base of hind legs or vent, average 1.86. Eye 1.0-1.6 nearer to 

 spiracle (2.5-3.5 mm.) than to tip of snout (3.0-4.2 mm.), average 1.25. 

 Nostril 1.2-2.1 nearer eye (1.2-2.5 mm.) than snout (2.5-3.0 mm.), 

 average 1.5. Internasal space (2.2-3.2 mm.) usually 0.75-1.6 larger 

 than mouth (2.0-3.0 mm.), average 1.25. Mouth contained 1.33-2.5 

 (average 1.85) in interorbital distance (4.0-5.5 mm.). Internasal 

 space contained in interorbital distance 1.33-2.2, average 1.8. 



The dimensions of the largest tadpole are : 



Mm. 



Total length 35. 



Body length 12. 



Body depth 5. 6 



Body width 7. 2 



Tail length 23. 



Tail depth 6. 5 



Musculature of tail 3. 



Spiracle to snout 9. 



Mm. 



Spiracle to vent 6. 



Spiracle to eye 4. 8 



Eye to snout 4. 2 



Eye to nostril 2. 5 



Nostril to snout 3. 



Mouth 3.0 



Interorbital distance 5. 



Internasal distance 2. 8 



HYLA CINEREA (Schneider) 



Plate 9, figure 12 



Color description from life (July 26, 1921). — Top of body generally 

 citrine to oHve green or oil green, sometimes a bright spinach green 

 or forest green. Stripe on side of head from snout to eye sulphur 

 yellow and ivory yellow. Belly solid cartridge buff or ivory yellow. 

 Breast and lower throat light vinaceous fawn. Mental region and 

 upper throat dusky slate-blue with scattered spinach green spots. 

 Sides of the body in branchial region and under eye spotted dusky 

 slate blue, or slate-blue, light vinaceous fawn, cartridge buff, sulphur 

 yellow. 



General color of tail sulphine yellow to citrine. Base of muscular 

 part of tail with some light vinaceous fawn spots along the middle of 

 it for 1 centimeter or more. In almost mature tadpoles not black 

 spots on the crests. About time hind legs begin to grow, upper and 

 lower crests with prominent blackish spots. Fine spinach green 



