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Green above; sides, upper surface of thighs, and hands and 

 feet colourless, with green dots or reticulation ; a white band 

 from below the eye to the angle of the mouth ; throat and 

 belly white. From snout to vent 33 mm. 



Hardly distinguishable from H. atropunctata. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Wendesi ; Fakfak). 



15. Hyla albolabris Wand. 



Hyla albolabris Wandolleck, Abh. Zool. Mus. Dresden, XIII, N°. 6, ic)ii,p. 12, 

 figs. 60 — 82. 



Vomerine teeth in two roundish groups between the choanae. 

 Snout somewhat produced; the distance from the eye to the 

 nostril a little smaller than the diameter of the eye; canthus 

 rostralis rounded; loreal region concave; nostril nearer tip of 

 snout than eye; interorbital space as broad as the diameter 

 of the eye ; tympanum distinct, '/ 3 the width of the eye. 

 Fingers and toes with disks; fingers webbed at the base, toes 

 narrowly webbed ; limbs very long. 



Belly and part of the lower surface of the hind limbs granular; 

 a fold above the tympanum. 



Dark blue above, marbled with lighter; beneath light yel- 

 lowish, with brownish spots; young individuals uniform dark 

 blue above, yellowish white below; upper lip and edge of the 

 mouth yellowish white. Length 4 cm. 



Insufficiently described 



Habitat: New Guinea (Eitape). 



16. Hyla arfakiana Ptrs. & Dor. 



Hyla arfakiana Peters e Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, XIII, 1878, p. 421, pi. VI, fig. 2. 

 Hyla arfakiana Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 410. 

 Hyla arfakiana v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. 3, 1 91 3, p. 456. 



Tongue suboval, nicked and free behind ; vomerine teeth in 

 two short oblique series between the choanae. Head as long 

 as broad or a little broader; snout rounded, vertically trun- 

 cate, or scarcely prominent, as long as, or longer than the 

 upper eyelid and longer than deep; canthus rostralis angular, 

 straight; loreal region feebly oblique, concave; nostril as far 

 from tip of snout as from the eye, or nearer the first ; interorbital 

 space as broad as or broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum 

 little distinct, '/ 4 to '/ 3 the diameter of the eye. Disks of 



