4. htla. 357 



the eye ; loreal region oblique, not concave ; canthua rostralis mode- 

 rately distinct ; eye very prominent ; upper eyelid narrow ; inter- 

 orbital space much broader than the latter ; tympanum distinct, 

 about half the diameter of the eye. Three outer fingers two-thirds 

 webbed ; a slight rudiment of pollex ; toes nearly entirely webbed ; 

 disks of fingers as large as the tympanum, of toes smaller ; sub- 

 articular tubercles moderate. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout, or nearly so. Skin smooth, granulate on the belly and 

 under the thighs ; a narrow glandular lateral fold, beginning from 

 the eye, not extending as far as sacrum ; heel with a very short, 

 triangular, dermal appendage. Yellowish or light reddish brown 

 above, closely and minutely punctulated with brown ; beneath im- 

 maculate. Male with an external subgular vocal sac. From snout 

 to vent 60 millim. 

 Brazil. 



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d. ,5 . Rio Janeiro. A. Fry, Esq. [P.]. 



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17. Hyla punctata. 



Hyla punctata, Giinth. Cat. p. 101. 

 Calamita punctata, Sckneid. Hist. Amph. p. 170. 

 Hyla punctata, Baud. Bain. p. 41, and Jtept. viii. p. 81; Gravenh. 



Dehc. p. 30, pi. 6. f. 2 ; Sum. # Bibr. p. 552 ; Burmeist. Erliiuier. 



p. 101 ; Peters, Mori. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 403, & 1872, pp. 208 & 



214 ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 662. 



papillaris, Spiv, Spec. Nov. Test. Ban. p. 34, pi. 8. f. 2. 



variolosa, Spix, I. c. p. 37, pi. 9. f. 4. 



Hypsiboas puuctatus, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 201. 

 Hyla rhodoporus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 488, pi. 37. f. 4. 



Tongue subcircular, entire, adherent. Vomerine teeth between 

 the largo choanas, iu two series, forming together a /~\ or a .->,. 

 Head moderate, a little broader than long ; snout rounded, once and 

 a half as lung aa the dia meter of the eye; canthus rostralis distinct ; 

 loreal region oblique, scarcely concave; eye very prominent ; upper 

 Bjelid narrow ; interorbital space broader than the latter ; tympanum 

 distant, half or two thirds the diameter of the eye. Three outer 

 tinkers slightly webbed ; a slight rudiment of pollex ; toes three- 

 fourths webbed ; disks of fingers and toes smaller than the tym- 

 panum ; subarticular tubercles moderate. The hind limb being 

 Berried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 tin 1 tip of the snout, or nearly so. Skin smooth, granulate on 

 tin belly and under the thighs. Light olive or greyish above, 

 minutely dotted with rose or white ; upper eyelid rose or white ; 

 generally a lateral streak and a few round spots on the back white ; 



