410 HTLID^. 



122. Hyla vagabnnda. 



Hyla vagabunda, Peters %■ Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Oenov. xiii. 1878, 

 p. 424, p]. 6. f. 3. 



Tongue large, cordiform. Vomerine teeth in two transverse 

 groups between the choanse. Snout rounded, scarcely longer than 

 the diameter of the eye ; canthus roatraUs rounded ; tympanum half 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers free; no distinct rudiment of 

 poUex ; toes somewhat more than half webbed ; disks moderate. 

 Skin smooth above ; belly and lower surface of thighs granulate ; a 

 very distinct fold across the chest. Blue above ; a whitish line from 

 the tip of the snout, through the eye, to the shoulder ; whitish be- 

 neath. From sDout to vent 37 miUim. 



New Guinea. 



123. Hyla arfakiana. 



Hyla arfakiana, Peters 8f Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xiii. 1878, 

 p. 421, pi. 6. f. 2. 



Tongue suboval, indistinctly nicked and free behind. Vomerine 

 teeth in two oblique series between the choanse. Head as long as 

 broad ; snout acuminate, longer than the diameter of the orbit ; 

 canthus rostralis angular, straight ; loreal region not very oblique ; 

 interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very 

 small, not quite one third the diameter of the eye. Fingers free; 

 no distinct rudiment of pollex ; toes two-thirds webbed ; disks of 

 fingers half the diameter of the eye, of toes smaller ; subarticular 

 tubercles small. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches a little beyond the tip of 

 the snout. Skin smooth above ; belly and lower surface of thighs 

 granulate ; heel with a short triangular dermal appendage. (Colour 

 very variable.) Upper surfaces with a few dark spots and a large 

 dark hourglass-shaped spot on the back, commencing between the 

 eyes ; loreal region dark ; hinder side of thighs purplish brown ; 

 beneath brownish, mottled with greyish. JFrom snout to vent 

 57 miUim. 



New Guinea, 

 a. 5 . N. Guinea. 



124. Hyla aurea. 



Hyla aurea, Guntli. Cat. p. ] 14. 

 Eana aurea, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. li. p. CO, pi. 7. f. 2. 

 Ranoidea jacksoniensis, {Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 79. 

 Hyla jacksomensis, Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 002 ; Gray, in Grey's Journ. 



Exp. Austr. pi. 8. f. 3 (without name). 

 Eanoidea resplendens, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. vi. 1863, p. 422, and 



U.S. Expl. Exped., Herp. p. 48, pi. 3. f. 7-12. f 



aurea, Girard, U.S. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 48. 



Litoria aurea, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soo. 1864, p. 49. 



Hyla aurea, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 61 : Kiferst. Arch. f. Na- 



'turg. 1868, p_. 284, pi. 7. f. 18 & 19. 

 Chirodryas raniformis, Kef erst. Gotting. Nachr. 1867, p. 358, 



