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HYLA Vmmm.—Laurcnti. 



Plate XXIX. 



Characters. Body above bright green, beneath yellowish-white, and granu- 

 lated; a lateral line of straw-colour extends from the upper jaw over the shoulder 

 and along the flanks. 



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SrNONYMES. Green Tree-frog, Cafesby, Carolina, &c., vol. ii. p. 71, pi. Ixxi. 

 Hyla viridis, Laurent/', Synops. Rept, p. 33, variety B. 

 Cinereous Frog, Pennant, Arct. Zool., vol. iii. p. 43. 

 Rana arliorea, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Lin., variety B. torn. i. p. 1054. 

 Calamita cinerea, Schneider, Hist. Amphib., fas. i. p. 174. 

 Hyla lateralis, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Rept, torn. ii. p. 180. 

 Hyla lateralis, Daudin, Hist. Nat. des Rain., &c., p. 16. pi. ii. fig. 1. 

 Hyla lateralis, Daudin, Hist. Nat. des Rept., torn. viii. p. 27. 

 Calamita lateralis, Merrem, Versuch eines Syst. der Amphib., p. 171. 

 Hyla lateralis, Leconte, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vol. ii. p. 279. 

 Hyla lateralis, Dumeril et Bibron, Hist. Nat. des Rept, tom. viii. p. 587. 

 Hyla lateralis, Harlan, Med. and Phys. Res., p. 107. 



Description. The head is short and flattened; above it is of a bright grass- 

 green colour, as well as at the sides; the snout is obtuse; the upper jaw is green 

 in front, but dull white behind. The mouth is moderate in size, the tongue is large 

 and sub-cordiforin, and the palate is armed with a transverse row of minute teeth 

 between the posterior narcs, interrupted in the middle. The nostrils are nearer 

 the snout than to the orbit. The eyes are large and prominent, the pupil dark, 

 with a beautiful golden iris; the tympanum is small, but very distinct, and green 

 like the body. The body is stout and depressed, of a lively grass-green, with 



