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HYLODES OCULARIS.— Holbrook. 



Plate XXXV. 



Characters. Head long; snout pointed; upper jaw white, which colour is 

 continued to the anterior extremity, above this a black band runs over the 

 shoulder and terminates on the flanks; body short, chestnut-brown or bronzed; 

 abdomen yellowish-white. 



Description. The head is long, narrow, and the snout pointed; the mouth is 

 large, and the palate armed with two groups of minute teeth placed between the 

 posterior nares. 



The nostrils are lateral, and rather nearer the snout than the orbits. The 

 eyes are small, but prominent, the pupil black, and the iris grey, with a tinge of 

 red. The upper lip is white, and this colour is continued in a line to the axilla; 

 above this is a black blotch, which begins very narrow and becomes broad under 

 the orbit, passes over the shoulder, and there terminates. The chin and throat is 

 yellowish-white. 



The, body is small, elongated and delicate, uniform chestnut-brown or bronze- 

 coloured above, and yellowish-white below. The anterior extremities are small, 

 brown above, and clouded-white below; there are four fingers, distinct, and 

 slightly enlarged it their tips. The posterior extremities are very long, reddish- 

 brown above, barred with dusky, and obscure white below; there are five toes, 

 webbed, and enlarged at their extremities. 

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