146 REPTILES. 



(Mar fold ; nostril in the middle between the eye and the top of the 

 snout ; vonieiine teeth in two oblique series ; toes neariy entirely 

 webbed. Back marbled with black. New Holland. 



Page 99. Hyla geographica. 

 g. Adult. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 100. — 5«. Hyla pugnax. 



Schmidt, Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. Ww», 1858, p. 243. t. 1. f. 5, 6. 



Fore-foot with a very distinct and partly free and moveable rudi- 

 ment of a thumb ; fingers webbed between the first phalanges ; 

 back smooth, no fold across the chest ; head broad, short, depressed ; 

 loreal region grooved. Above greyish, finely marbled mth brown- 

 ish ; sides of the body and of the thighs with irregular brownish 

 cross-streaks. Chiriqui River. 



Page 101. Hyla multifasciata. 



Tliis is only a variety of H. boa us with very pronounced cross- 

 bands. 



Page 102. Hyla boans. (Plate VIII. fig. D.) 



6. Adult. Brazil. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. Cro.ss-bands very 



indistinct. 

 c. Large specimen. Pemambuco. Presented by Sir A. Smith. No 



cross-bands. 



Page 106. Hyla haudinii. 



c'. Adidt. Mexico. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



V. Very large specimen. Pernambiico. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 106. — 24 rt. Hyla splendens. 



Schmidt, Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1858, p. 244. t. 1. f. 7. 



Vomerine teeth between the inner nostrils ; a nxdimentary wel) 

 between the tAvo outer fingers ; toes two-thii'ds webbed ; no rudi- 

 mentaiy thumb. The first cuneiform bone prominent. Above 

 covered with small flat tubercles ; a fold across the chest. YeUow- 

 ish-greenish, sliining ; sides of the ujjper legs, hinder part of the 

 upper arm, and upper part of the foot marbled with black. Central 

 America. 



Page 109. Hyla euphorbiacea. 



b'. Adult male. Cordilleras. Piu'chnsed of il. Parzudaki. 



