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HYLODES mCKERlSGll.—Ho/hrook. 



Plate XA'A'IJ'. 



Characters. Head rather short; body yellowish-brown, with small, dusky, 

 rhomboidal spots, and lines of same colour, sometimes arranged in form of a 

 cross; abdomen pale flesh-colour; throat tinged with yellow. Length, II5 lines. 



Description. The head is short, yellowish-brown above, with the snout rather 

 pointed. The tongue is large, long, and slightly notched posteriorly. The palate 

 is armed with two groups of exceedingly minute teeth in a range with the 

 posterior nares. 



The nostrils are lateral, and nearer the snout than the orbit, with an indistinct 

 dusky line extending from each to the eye. The eyes are large and prominent; 

 the pupil is black, and the iris brilliant gold colour, with a tinge of green. The 

 snout is pale yellow; the body is short and delicately formed, fawn colour, 

 marked with small rhomboidal dusky spots and lines of the same colour, which 

 latter are sometimes arranged in a cruciform manner; one line is at times very 

 distinct, and extends from the back of the orbit to the flanks; the abdomen is 

 pale flesh-colour. 



The anterior extremities are coloured like the back, and marked with transverse 

 dusky bars, and terminate in four distinct fingers; these, as well as the bulbs at 

 the tips, are proportionally less developed than in the genus Hyla; the posterior 

 extremities are long, with five toes, palmated, and terminating like the fingers in 

 small bulbs. 



