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IIYLA SQUIRELLA.— 5o5c 



Plate XXX. 



Characters. Body olive-green above, marked with dark brown blotches, 

 irregularly disposed; a transverse dusky band between the orbits; whitish beneath 

 and granulated; head short, with a white line extending along the upper lip to the 

 shoulder. 



Synontmes. Hyla squirella, Daudin, Rainettes, p. 18, t. 3, f. 1 — Hist. Nat. des Rept., 

 torn. viii. p. 34. 

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

 Hyla squirella, Leconte, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vol. i. p. 279. 

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

 Auletris squirella, JVagler, Natiirlich. Syst. der Amphib., p. 201. 

 Hyla squirella et femoralis, Dumeril et Bibron, Hist. Nat. des Rept, torn. viii. p. 589. 



Description. The head is short, with a dark band between the orbits, the line 

 from each orbit being directed backwards, so as to meet at an angle; the snout is 

 obtuse, with an indistinct dark band extending from the nostrils to the eyes, below 

 which is a white line along the margin of the upper lip, reaching to the shoulder; 

 the low^er jaw is almost white. The mouth is large; the tongue large, sub-circular, 

 and slightly notched posteriorly. The palate is armed with a transverse row of 

 teeth, between the posterior nares, largely interrupted in the middle. 



The nostrils are placed near the extremity of the snout; the eyes are prominent, 

 the pupil black, the iris golden; the tympanum is moderate, bronzed, circular, and 

 surrounded by an indistinct circle of dark brown. 



