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feet and toes, with coai^ser and darker gray, white-centered reticula- 

 tions on femur; anterior surface of femur with two or tliree large 

 orange spots, and another large round orange spot on the inguinal 

 region approximately covering the fiat skin-gland which occurs there ; 

 a few round orange spots on the inner concealed surface of the tibia and 

 some irregular white spots on the under side of tibia; chin, chest, and 

 belly pearl gray with coarse drab reticulations. 



Specimens examined 

 BRAZIL: 



DiSTRiCTO Federal: Rio de Janeiro, Lutz Coll., B. Lutz, November 1944. 

 MiNAS Gerais: Passo Quatro, IOC (paratype of H. flavoguttaia), Zikan, 1923. 

 Rio de Janeiro: Barreira, near Teres6polis, ZSBS 567, Bresslau, Mar. 11, 1914. 



Petr6polis, USNM 121636, B. Lutz, July 1, 1938. Quitandinho, Lutz Coll. 



(2), B. Lutz, May 1939. Teres6polis, USNM 121637, B. Lutz, Apr. 1, 1945; 



ZSBS 799, Bresslau, April 1914. 



Hyla strigilata strigilata Spix 



Plate 14, Figures d-g 



1824. Hyla strigilata Spix, p. 38, pi. 10, fig. 3 (type locality, Bahia). — Peters, 

 1872a, p. 680; 1872b, p. 772; 1873a, p. 214.— Boulenger, 1882a, p. 390.— 

 Batjmann, 1912, pp. 114, 138, 144, 163.— Nieden, 1923, p. 291.— 

 MiRANDA-RiBEiRO, 1926, p. 80, pi. 7, figs. 2, 2, a. 



1897. Hyla strigillata (sic) Werner, 1897a, p. 217. 



1912. Hyla catharinae Baumann (part), p. 163 (specimens from Rio de Janeiro). — 

 Myers, 1946, pp. 13, 31. 



Description. — Adult male, USNM 96450, Teresdpolis, Serra das 

 Orgaos, Rio de Janeiro. Vomerine teeth in two very small, medially 

 separated patches between the choanae; tongue about three-fifths as 

 wide as mouth-opening, oval, very slightly nicked on its free posterior 

 border; snout moderately elongate, its tip truncate when viewed 

 from above, with a sharp declivity towards the mouth when seen in 

 profile, the upper jaw extending considerably beyond the lower; 

 nostrils more lateral than superior, their inner borders extremely 

 swollen and prominent, so that the tip of the snout appears to have a 

 sharp edge; their distance from end of snout about one-fourth that 

 from eye, separated from each other by an interval equal to two- 

 thirds their distance from eye. Canthus rostrahs pronounced, loreal 

 region concave, sloping gently. Eye large and very prominent, its 

 diameter equal to its distance from end of snout; interorbital diameter 

 1% times that of upper eyelid, much greater than distance between 

 nostrils. Tympanum very distinct but small, about one-third the 

 diameter of the eye, separated from eye by an interval equal to 

 one-half its own diameter. Fingers webbed only at the base, fourth 

 much longer than second, reaching to base of disk of third which 



