3^2 HVLlDJi. 



a-b, c-y. d, 5 , & hgT. China. ) 



h. Skeleton. China. I m 



i-k. Hgr. Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.].f lypes " 



/. $ (had state). Chusan ? E. I. Coll. ) 



60. Hyla annectens. 



Polypedates annectens, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. 1870, p. 84. 

 Hyla annectens, Git nth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 576. 



Differs from if. arborea and U. ehinensis in having stouter hands 

 and feet, and a strong tuherculated fold from the eye to the shoulder, 

 over the tympanum. The vomerine teeth are on a level with the 

 hinder edge of the choanal. The shape of the head as in IT. arborea. 

 The tihio-tarsal articulation marks the tympanum or the eye. 

 Blue-green ahovc ; a dark, ahove light-edged lateral streak, ending 

 in two or three deep black, separate or confluent spots on the groin ; 

 sides of the thighs with deep black spots on white ground ; the 

 green forms a band along the thighs ; two outer fingers and two 

 outer toes green ; beneath whitish, immaculate. Male with an ex- 

 ternal subgular vocal sac. From snout to vent 49 millim. 



IS". India. 



a. Many spec. : c? , $ , Khassya. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. (As 



& hgr. typical of Poh/pedatcs an- 



nectens.') 



61. Hyla phyllochroa. 



Hyla phyllochroa, Gi'tnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 186:J, p. 251, pi. 30. f. C. ; 

 Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 61. 



Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked, and free behind. Vomerine 

 teeth in two very small groups behind the level of the ehoana?. 

 Head moderate, broader than long ; snout subtriangular, as long as 

 the diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis angular ; loreal region 

 nearly vertical ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. Fingers 

 webbed at the base ; no distinct rudiment of pollex ; toes three- 

 fourths webbed ; disks of fingers a little larger than the tympanum; 

 subarticular tubercles moderate ; a distinct fold along the inner 

 edge of the tarsus. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches hetween the eye and the 

 tip of the snout. Skin smooth above, granulate beneath ; a fold 

 above the tympanum ; a strong fold across the chest. Blue-green 

 above, flanks and sides of thighs purplish brown ; a narrow black, 

 above white-edged line from the eye, above the tympanum, lost at 

 a short distance from the shoulder. From snout to vent 36 millim. 



Eastern Australia. 



„. J . Sydney. G. Krefft, Esq. [C], ) 



b. $ . Sydney. I Types. 



Ci 2 . Errumanga. ) 



