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43. Hyla nasuta (Gray). 



Pelodytes nasntus Gray, Zool. miscell., London, 1831, p. 56. 



Hyla nasuta Keferstein, Arch. f. Naturgesch., XXXIV, I, 1868, p. 277, pi. VI, fig. 16. 



Hyla nasuta Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 415. 



Hyla Semoni Boettger, Jen. Denkschr., VIII, 1894, p. 112, pi. V, figs, la — d. 



Hyla nasuta v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. 1, 1909, p. 35. 



Habit very slender. Tongue subcircular or suboval, nicked 

 behind; vomerine teeth in two transverse or slightly oblique 

 series between the choanae. Head longer than broad ; snout 

 acutely pointed, prominent, longer than the upper eyelid and 

 nearly twice the length of the eye, which is equal to the 

 depth of the snout; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region 

 oblique, concave; nostril equidistant from the tip of the snout 

 and the orbit; interorbital space a little broader than the 



Fig. 6. Hyla nasuta (Gray), X *• 



upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, ' 2 /3 to 3 / 4 the diameter 

 of the eye. Fingers and toes with very small disks; first 

 finger extending a little beyond second, which is much shorter 

 than fourth; fingers free; third toe hardly longer than fifth; 

 toes half webbed, the terminal phalanx of third and fifth and 

 the three last phalanges of fourth toe being free ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed; a small, oval, inner, and a very 

 small, round, outer metatarsal tubercle; a distinct tarsal fold; 

 the heel reaches far beyond the tip of the snout; tibia 2 / 3 to 

 3 / 4 the length of head and body. 



Skin of back with narrow longitudinal ridges ; a fold above 

 the tympanum ; a distinct oblong gland at each side behind 



