412 HTLID^. 



125. Hyla obtusirostris. 



Litoria obtusirostris, Meyer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 139. 



Vomerine teeth in two round groups behind the level of the 

 choanse. Head broad ; snout obtuse ; canthus rostralis very weak ; 

 loreal region slightly concave ; tympanum half the diameter of the 

 eye. Fingers free, toes entirely webbed ; disks moderate. Tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaching beyond the tip'of the snout. Upper 

 surfaces finely warty. Bluish grey above, the warts yellowish. 

 From snout to vent 37 millim. 



Jobi, New Guinea. 



■126. Hyla lesueurii. 



Hyla lesueurii, Bum. l^ Bibr. p. 695 ; Kef erst. Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, 



p. 278, pi. 7. f. 24 & 25, & pi. 8. f. 26. 

 Litoria wilcoxii, Oiinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 48. 

 ? Litoria copei, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 56, pi. 3. f. 14-17. 

 Litoria lesueurii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 611. 



Habit slender. Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked and free be- 

 hind. Vomerine teeth in two straight or slightly oblique series 

 between the front part of the choanse. Head as long as broad, 

 resembling exactly that of Rana agilis ; snout slightly prominent, 

 acuminate, once and a half or once and two thirds as long as the 

 diameter of the eye; canthus rostralis angular; loreal region 

 slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, half or two thirds the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers free, first and second equal ; no distinct rudiment of pollex ; 

 toes two-thirds webbed ; disks small ; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed ; two metatarsal tubercles, outer very small ; a distinct 

 fold along the inner edge of the tarsus. The hind limb being car- 

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

 the tip of the snout or beyond. Skin smooth above, granulate on 

 the belly and under the thighs ; a curved fold from the eye over "the 

 tympanum. Olive or purplish above, uniform or with more or less 

 distinct darker markings ; a black streak from the tip of the snout, 

 through the eye, to the side ; groin black-marbled ; hinder side of 

 thighs black, white-spotted ; beneath whitish, irajiiaoulate, or mar- 

 bled with brown on the throat. Hale with an internal subgular 

 vocal sac ; during the breeding-season the inner side of the 

 first finger covered with brown rugosities. From snout to vent 

 65 millim. 



Australia. 



a-h. Hgr. Clarence Eiver. Q. Krefi't, Esq. [P.]. (Types 



of Litoria wilco.tii.) 

 c,d. c? S ■ Clarence River. G. Krefi't, Esq. [P.]. 



e. 2 ■ Sydney. Mus. Godeffi-oy. 



f. 2 . Sydney. 



ff. Hgr. Fort Curtis. G. Kreflft, Esq. [P.]. 



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