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y/i//</ miuirtlla (Ut)Sf.) in .Souiiiiu! iV Latreillc, IliHt. Nat. Kcplil., li (l-^OJ), If^l 

 (t'liurlesloii, S. C); v'J«>8c.) Daud., Hist. Nat. Ucptil., viii (18(»3), 34, xciii, 2; 

 LoCoiite, Anil. N. Y. Ljc, I (1825), 27;»; Ilarlan, Joiirii. Ac Nat. Sei. I'hila., v 

 ( IH.'T), Mi, and Med. & Pliya. lies. (183.'>), 107 ; Holbrouk, N. Aiiier. Horp., 1st (>d., 

 I (KW), 10."., XVIII, and 2d cd., iv (1842), 12:?, xxx; Ston-r, Uopt. Mass. (1h:«>), 

 24J(«'!>i>itMlfroii»IIoll)rook); Diiin. & Hibr., Erp. fi(^n., viii (1841), .V7; ? l)i« Kay, 

 N. Y. Zo(.l., HI, Rcptil. (1842), 72, xxi, r.3; ? Thompson, Nat. Hist. VI. (lf'42), 

 122; Lo Coiito, Proceed. Ac. Pliila., 18r>.''), p. 429; Giinthor, Cat. lUtr. Sal. IWit. 

 Mils., H(W. p. 11 ; IJouUMigcr, 2d ed. Cat. Hatr. Sal. IJrlt. Mus., 18S2, p. ;v.»h. 



/,<( h'aiiic xquinUc Ho.sc, Xouv. Diet, d'liist. nat., xxviii (1817), .'>43. 



//!//(( minirvUa Giavcnliorst, Uclicca! Miis. Vratislav. (182!t), 2-8; vi, 1, does not belonj; 

 to this species. 



r,iliimilii xiiiiiinlla Merreni, Tontamen, p. 171. 



.liihlrix siiiiirrlln Waaler, Syst. Anipb., p. 201. 



Above smootli. Iliml foot less than arm from elbow. Tibia about 

 iiair the lenglli of tlie body. Light brown above (green in life?), with 

 small, rather .snbcircular blotche.s of darker. Legs rather iiitli.stinctly 

 liancd. Anterior and posterior face.s of thighs without light spots of 

 dark vermiculations. A uark line from snout to eye; a dark vitta from 

 eye to arm through tympanum; edge of upper Jaw mottled white, gen- 

 erally .showing distinctly as a light line, which frecpicntly extends to 

 the middle of the side. 



IJody more slender than in II. versicolor. Limbs moderately devel- 

 oj)ed. Kyes i)rominent. Snout rather acute. Tympanum small, half 

 the diameter of the eje. Tongue rather small, nearly orbiojdar, hardly 

 notched behind. Vomerine teeth in two small patches between the 

 jiiner nares and nearly in line with their centers. Tibia not quite half 

 the length of the body. No web at the base of the fingers. 



liength of head a little more than three time* in length. Heel of 

 extended hind limb marking a point between orbit and end of muzzle. 



The body above is smooth, beneath granulated on the abdomen and 

 thighs. The toes are not webbed beyond the i)enultiinate articulation 

 of the third and fifth ;ind the antepenultimate of the fourth toes. 



•Vbove green, sometimes witn irregularly arranged darker small 

 blotches. Ueneath white. There is a V-"ii^''lf connecting the eyes 

 above, although this is not very distinct. A small number of subcir- 

 ciilar blotches about the size of the tympanum, or larger, arc sometimes 

 .s(;attered over the back, and may bo of elong.ito form. There is a 

 dark line from tlu^ nostril to the eye and a vitta from the eye through 

 tlu^ tympanum to a point above the insertion of the arm. A narrow 

 white line, rather indistinct, pas.ses along the head very near to the 

 edge of the upper Jaw and below the tympanic vitta; this line rarely 

 passes the arm; sometimes extends on the side, where it is generally 

 very much con fused. The upper faces of the leg are barred transversely, 

 though giMicrally not very distinctly, except acro.ss the tibia, where the 

 bars are usually decided. The exterior edges of the feet are mottled 

 finely with brown and gr;iy. The anterior and posterior faces of the 



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