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BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Miiseuin, No. 27 (figs. 137-141) from Okinawa shiina is here sub- 

 mitted for comparison with those of a, P. schlegeliigixen on page 146. 



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Figs. 137-141.— Polypedates viridis. nat. size. 137, top of head; 138, side of head; 139, open 

 mouth; 140, underside of hand; 141, underside of foot. No. 27, Sn. Coll. Tokyo. 



Dimensions. 



mm. 



Total length (back strongly bent) 67 



Width of head. , 25 



Interorbital space 8. 5 



Upper eyelid 5.5 



Diameter of eye 8 



Diameter of tympanum 5 



Diameter of largest finger disk 5 



Fore leg 44 



Hind leg (approximate) 110 



Tibia 31 



According to the manuscript notes of Doctor Stimpson the color 

 during Hfe (of specimens taken in December) is "grass green'* above, 

 below pale red; no dark line of separation between these colors." 



Habitat. — Originally described from Okinawa shima, this species 

 has been collected there by nearly all the travelers who have visited 

 that island, where, according to Doctor Fritze, it is not rare. 



a Not ■' pale green" as rendered by Hallowell. 



