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teeth 2/3, the inner series of both upper and lower lip nar- 

 rowly interrupted in the middle line. 



Back and sides dark grey, marbled with umber splotches; 

 ventral surface pearl-coloured, with splotches across the ante- 

 rior part; muscular part of tail lighter than body, the crests 

 whitish, with faint spots. Length 45 mm. 



Habitat: Timorlaut islands! — Australia. 



41. Hyla obtusirostris (Meyer). 



Litoria obtusirostris Meyer, Monatsber. Akad. Berlin, 1874, p. 139. 

 Hyla obttisirostris Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 412. 



Vomerine teeth in two circular groups behind the level of 

 the choanae. Head broad; snout obtuse; canthus rostralis very 

 feeble; loreal region slightly concave; tympanum half the 

 diameter of the eye. Disks of fingers and toes rather large ; 

 fingers free; toes entirely webbed; heel reaching beyond the 

 tip of the snout. 



Skin finely warty. 



Bluish grey above, the warts yellowish; light-coloured beneath. 

 Length 37 mm. 



Habitat: Jobi isl. 



42. Hyla vagabunda Ptrs. & Dor. 



Hyla vagabunda Peters e Doria, Ann. Mus. Geneva, XIII, 1 878, p. 424, pi. VI, fig. 3, 

 Hyla vagabunda Boulenger. Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 410. 



Tongue large, heart-shaped ; vomerine teeth in two trans- 

 verse groups between the choanae. Snout rounded, scarcely 

 longer than the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis more 

 or less rounded; nostril near the tip of the snout; tympanum 

 half the diameter of the eye. Disks of fingers and toes mode- 

 rate ; fingers free; toes half webbed, the three terminal pha- 

 langes of fourth toe free. 



Skin smooth above; belly and lower surface of thighs 

 granulate; a very distinct fold across the chest. 



Blue above, speckled with blackish ; a whitish line from the 

 tip of the snout, along the canthus rostralis and the border 

 of the upper eyelid, above the tympanum to the shoulder; 

 whitish beneath; posterior surface of thighs spotted with brown. 

 Length 37 mm. 



Male with a vocal sac. 



Probably based on young specimens. 



Habitat: Ceram ; New Guinea (Sorong). 



