410 HYLID®. 
122. Hyla vagabunda. 
Hyla vagabunda, Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov, xiii. 1878, 
p. 424, pl. 6. f. 3. 
Tongue large, cordiform. Vomerine teeth in two transverse 
groups between the choanse. Snout rounded, scarcely longer than 
the diameter of the eye; canthus rostralis rounded ; tympanum half 
the diameter of the eye. Fingers free; no distinct rudiment of 
pollex; toes somewhat more than half webbed; disks moderate. 
Skin smooth above; belly and lower surface of thighs granulate ; a 
very distinct fold across the chest. Blue above; a whitish line from 
the tip of the snout, through the eye, to the shoulder ; whitish be- 
neath. From spout to vent 37 millim, 
New Guinea. 
123. Hyla arfakiana. 
Hyla arfakiana, Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xiii. 1878, 
p. 421, pl. 6. £. 2. 
Tongue suboval, indistinctly nicked and free behind. Vomerine 
teeth in two oblique series between the choane. Head as long as 
broad ; snout acuminate, longer than the diameter of the orbit ; 
canthus rostralis angular, straight; loreal region not very oblique ; 
interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very 
small, not quite one third the diameter of the eye. Fingers free; 
no distinct rudiment of pollex; toes two-thirds webbed; disks of 
fingers half the diameter of the eye, of toes smaller; subarticular 
tubercles small. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 
body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches a little beyond the tip of 
the snout. Skin smooth above; belly and lower surface of thighs 
granulate; heel with a short triangular dermal appendage. (Colour 
very variable.) Upper surfaces with a few dark spots and a large 
dark hourglass-shaped spot on the back, commencing between the 
eyes ; loreal region dark; hinder side of thighs purplish brown; 
beneath brownish, mottled with greyish. From snout to vent 
57 millim. 
New Guinea. 
a. 2: N. Guinea. 
124. Hyla aurea. 
Hyla aurea, Giinth. Cat. p. 114. 
Rana aurea, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. ii. p. GO, pl. 7. f. 2. 
Ranoidea jacksoniensis, (Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 79. 
Hyla jacksoniensis, Dum. § Bibr. p. 602; Gray, in Grey’s Journ. 
Exp. Austr. pl. 8. f. 3 (without name). E 
Ranoidea resplendens, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. yi. 1853, p. 422, and 
U.S. Expl. Exped., Herp. p. 48, pl. 3. f. 7-12. 
aurea, Girard, U.S. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 48. 
Litoria aurea, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 49. 
Tyla aurea, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 61; Keferst. Arch. f. Na- 
turg. 1868, p. 284, pl. 7. f. 18 & 19. 
Chirodryas raniformis, Keferst. Gétting. Nachr. 1867, p. 358. 
