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specimen of Misool has the tympanum larger and the back 

 more tubercular than those of Ambon. 

 Habitat: Misool!; Ceram ! ; Ambon! 



3. Hyla papuensis Wern. 



Hyla papuensis Werner, Zool. Anz., XXIV, 1901, p. 99, loi. 



Tongue elliptical, distinctly nicked and free behind ; vomerine 

 teeth in two round groups between the choanae. Head a little 

 broader than long; snout rounded, about once and a half the 

 length of the eye; canthus rostralis curved, rounded; loreal 

 region oblique, concave ; nostril twice nearer the tip of the 

 snout than the eye ; interorbital space twice as broad as the 

 upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, its diameter a little 

 larger than half that of eye. Disks of fingers nearly as large 

 as the tympanum; fingers webbed; the web reaches the disks, 

 except at the third finger and the inner side of the second, 

 which is half free ; toes entirely webbed ; subarticular tubercles 

 well developed; a small inner metatarsal tubercle; the heel 

 reaches the tip of the snout. 



Occiput and back indistinctly granular, with small round 

 warts, which on the back are arranged in indistinct longitudinal 

 rows; a denticulated dermal ridge along the outer side of the 

 fore-arm, and a smooth one along that of the fourth finger; 

 a less developed ridge along the outer border of tarsus and 

 fifth toe; a strong fold above the tympanum; throat, belly, 

 lower surface of thighs and surroundings of vent granulate; 

 heel with a small dermal appendage. 



Light grey, with a darker, irregular design above ; sides 

 whitish, marbled with dark; throat 'whitish, with small dark 

 spots; limbs with indistinct, broad transverse bars; webs dark- 

 coloured. Length 58 mm. 



Male with a large subgular vocal sac and a brown nuptial 

 excrescence on the first finger. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Torricelli mts.). 



4. Hyla graminea Blgr. 



Hyla graminea Boulenger. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) XVI, 1905, p. 183. 



Tongue heart-shaped, free behind; vomerine teeth in two 

 widely separated, short transverse groups between the very 

 large choanae. Head rather large, much depressed, a little 



