120 REPTILES, 



its inner edge. Tongue nearly circular, slightly notched behind ; inner 

 nostrils large ; vomerine teeth situated in two oval, rather oblique 

 groups, a little behind the middle of the inner edge of the nostrils ; 

 palate with a deep longitucUnal groove on each side ; eustachian tubes 

 moderate; tympanum very distinct, not qiute as large as the eye. Males 

 with a large internal subgular sac with two openings ; sacral verte- 

 bra much dilated, and its process provided with a broad, long cartilage 

 at its outer edge. Above nuiform green, in spirits bluish, beneath 

 uniform whitish. Length of body 3-i-" ; cEstance between the eyes 

 i" ; length of front extremity 2" ; length of hinder extremity Sf" ; 

 length of fourth toe 1". 



Fam. 5. PHYLLOMEDUSID^. 



Hylina A\'ith free toes, dilated processes of the sacral vertebra, and 

 with paratoids. 



One genus. ISouth Ameiica. 



1. PHYLLOMEDUSA. 



Vomerine teeth. Skin smooth, with a large elongate paratoid. 

 Disks large ; fingers and toes quite free ; the first finger and the 

 first two toes opposite to the three others. Tympanum rather in- 

 distinct. Eustachian tubes moderate ; tongue large, pear-shaped, 

 entire and free behind. Transverse process of sacral vertebra much 

 dilated. Males with an internal subgular vocal sac. South Ameiica. 



Phyllomedusa, Wagl. Si/st. Amph. p. 201 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 70 ; 



Dum. 8f Sibr. viii. p. G27. 

 Hyla, sp., (lucf. prior. 



1. Phyllomedusa hicolor. 



Rana bicolor, Bodduert, Muno(/r. de Rana hicol. f. 1-3, and Sckriften 



der Berl. Ncdurf. ii. p. 459 '; Slum, Nat. Misc. x. p. 367, and Zool. 



iii. p. 126. 

 Calamita bicolor, Schneid. Hist. Anqjh. p. 156 ; Merv. Tent. p. 170. 

 Hyla bicolor, Latr. Bept. ii. p. 174 ; Daud. Bain. p. 22. pi. 6, 6, and 



'Bept. viii. p. 40 ; Spix, Test. t. 13. f. 1, 2 ; Ch-avenh. Delic. p. 26 ; 



Cuv. Begne Ani)n. ; Guerin, Iconogr. pi. 26. f. 3. 

 Hyla hypochondrialis, Latr. I. c. p. 177 ; Daud. Bain. p. 29. pi. 10. 



f. 1, and Btpt. viii. p. 60 ; Gravenh. I. c. p. 28. 

 Phyllomedusa bicolor, Wagl. Si/st. p. 201 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 70 ; 



jyum. 4" Bibr. p. 629. pi. 90. L 2 a,h, c; Burmeister, Erlaiiterungen 



zur Fauna Brasil. p. 111. t. 32. 



Blue above ; thighs and sides spotted with white. 

 a-c. Adiilt. Brazil. Presented by Dr. Gardiner. 



d. Adult. Brazil. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



e. Half-grown: bad state. Brazil. From M. Parzudald's Collection. 

 /. Young. Brazil. Presented by Lord Stuart. 



