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ON NEW SPECIES OF HYLA. 



Hyla peninsula. 



Vomerine teeth, in two groups between tlie choanae ; tongue 

 ovate, notched on the free hind edge ; head considerably longer 

 than broad, pointed ; snout sharp, protruding ; nostrils central 

 between the tip of the snout and the eye ; tympanum two- 

 thirds of the eye; fingers narrow, free or slightly webbed at 

 the base between the fourth and fifth, disks very small ; toes 

 fully webbed, the webs reaching the disks of the third and fifth ; 

 the fourth toe elongate ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, outer 

 none ; skin smooth above, and anteriorly beneath, posteriorly 

 granulate ; olive-brown, a pale longitudinal band on each side 

 the back, and the enclosed vertebral-band broken up into dark 

 blotches, more or less confluent; upper lip spotted, or continu- 

 ously edged w4th a white line, which margins the lower front part 

 of the orbit and the tympanum, and defines a black spot behind 

 the tympanum ; flanks speckled with black ; upper part of 

 thigh and tibia blotched and lined with black ; beneath pale 

 yellowish, with the chin grey and the thighs rufous (purplish). 



Measurements, 

 Total length ... 

 Length of head 

 Breadth 

 Length of snout 

 Interorbit 



Locality, Cape York 



Lines. 



27 

 11 

 13 



5 



3 



Measurements 

 Hind limb 

 Hind foot 

 Fore limb 

 Fore hand 



Lines. 

 45 

 19 

 17 

 7 



Collected by Mr. K. Broadbent. 



