402 



106. Hyla depressiceps. (Plate XXV. fig. 4.) 



Tongue circular, entire, scarcely free behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two small transverse groups between the rather large choanse. 

 Head much depressed, as long as broad ; snout rounded, once and a 

 half as long as the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis very in- 

 distinct ; loreal region not concave ; interorbital_ space a little 

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, half the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers webbed at the base ; no projecting 

 rudiment of poUex ; toes three-fourths webbed ; disks as large as the 

 tympanum ; subarticular tubercles moderate. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 between the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, granulate 

 on the beUy and under the thighs. Light brown above, dotted with 

 dark brown and whitish ; a streak along the canthus rostralis, a 

 cross band between the eyes, and some large spots on the back dark 

 brown ; limbs black and whitish marbled ; whitish beneath, imma- 

 culate. From snDut to vent 40 mUlim. 



Ecuador. 



(t-b. 2 ■ Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 



107. Hyla pliseota. 



Hyla phsBota, Cope, Pi-oc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 358. 



Tongue round, entire. Vomerine teeth in two nearly transverse 

 series between the large choanse. Head broad, depressed ; canthus 

 rostralis rounded, concave ; eye large, prominent, tympanum more 

 than half its extent. Three outer fingers slightly webbed ; nearly 

 three phalanges of the fourth toe free, the web, however, margining 

 its outer side. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches beyond the tip of the snout.. 

 Skin of upper surfaces entirely smooth ; a strong fold from orbit 

 over tympanum. Colour above greyish brown, shaded with a pale 

 plumbeous tint ; abdomen, upper jaw, postorbital region, and the 

 borders of the upper eyelid, tarsus and antebrachium, and of a 

 brown spot near the vent, white ; a dark brown line on the canthus 

 rostralis, and a band between the eye ; a longitudinal band or series 

 of spots on the back, which bifurcates anteriorly ; a spot on the 

 coccyx ; a dark-brown band from angle of eye to scapular region, 

 involving the whole of the tympanum ; femur with narrow cross 

 bands, posterior face reticulate or unioolor ; tibiae more broadly 

 cross-banded ; sides with brownish vermiculations ; gular region 

 brown-shaded. Male with a vocal sac. From snout to vent 1 in. 

 10 lines. 



Turbo, Colombia. 



108. Hyla spilomma. 

 Hyla spilomma, Cope, Proc. Amei: Philos, iSoc. xvii. 1877, p. 86. 

 Tongue wide and entire. Vomerine teeth in transverse series 



