412 HTLID-E. 



125. Hyla obtusirostris. 



Litoria obtusirostris, Meyer, Man. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 139. 



Vomerine teeth in two round groups behind the level of the 

 ehoause. Head broad ; snout obtuse ; canthus rostralis very weak ; 

 loreal region slightly concave ; tympanum half the diameter of the 

 eye. Fingers free, toes entirely webbed ; disks moderate. Tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaching beyond tbe tip of the snout. Upper 

 surfaces finely warty. Bluish grey above, the warts yellowish. 

 From snout to vent 37 millim. 



Jobi, New Guinea. 



126. Hyla lesueurii. 



1 1 via lesueurii, Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 595; Kef erst. Arch.f. Nalurg. 1868, 



p. 278, pi. 7. f. 24 & 25, & pi. 8. f. 28.' 

 Litoria wilcoxii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1804, p. 48. 

 ? Litoria copei, Steihdachn. Novara, Amph. p. 50, pi. 3. f. 14-17. 

 Litoria lesueurii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. Oil. 



Habit slender. Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked and free be- 

 hind. Vomerine teeth in two straight or slightly oblique series 

 between the front part of the choanse. Head as long as broad, 

 resembling exactly that of Rana agilis ; snout slightly prominent, 

 acuminate, once and a half or once and two thirds as long as the 

 diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis aiigular ; loreal region 

 slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, half or two thirds the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers free, first and second equal ; no distinct rudiment of pollex ; 

 toes two-thirds webbed ; disks small ; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed ; two metatarsal tubercles, outer very small ; a distinct 

 fold along the inner edge of the tarsus. The hind limb being car- 

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

 the tip of the snout or beyond. Skin smooth above, granulate on 

 the belly and under the thighs ; a curved fold from the eye over the 

 tympanum. Olive or purplish above, uniform or with more or less 

 distinct darker markings ; a black streak from the tip of the snout, 

 through the eye, to the side ; groin black-marbled ; hinder side of 

 thighs black, white-spotted ; beneath whitish, immaculate, or mar- 

 bled with brown on the throat. JVlale with an internal subgular 

 vocal sac ; during the breeding-season the inner side of the 

 first finger covered with brown rugosities. From snout to vent 

 65 millim. 



Australia. 



a-b. Hgr. Clarence River. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. (Types 



of Lit or ia wilcoxii.) 



Cj d. <$ 2 ■ Clarence River. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



e _ J . Sydney. Mus. GodefFroy. 



/. $ . Sydney. 



g, Hgr. Fort Curtis. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



~Ji_ 5 . Errumanga ? 



