DESCRIPTION.—Head broad, rounded, the anterior margin, from the nose
to the lip, nearly perpendicular. Eyes large and prominent.
Tympanum distinct, small, round. Tongue very large, circular, and
entire, the posterior half free. Palatine teeth placed in a
transverse line between the posterior nostrils, scarcely
interrupted in the middle. Skin of the back rugose. Anterior feet
with the toes long, rather slender, united at the base only by a
very short membrane, with round subarticular tubercles, the apex
rounded, but not presenting the slightest expansion. Hinder toes
similarly formed, but with the connecting membrane more
conspicuous, and extending along the sides of the toes nearly to
the extremity. Thighs covered on the under and posterior surface
with rather large and distinct glands.
_Reptiles. Plate 19._
[Illustration:
_Drawn from Nature on stone by B. Waterhouse Hawkins._
_C. Hullmandel Imp._
]
_1. 1a._ _Hylorina_ _syvatica._
_2. 2a._ _Hyla_ _agrestis._
_3. 3a._ _Vauterii._
The following is the description of the colouring, as given by Mr.
Darwin from the living specimen. “Above fine grass green, mottled all
over with copper colour, which nearly forms two longitudinal bands;
beneath entirely of a lurid reddish lead colour. Iris brown.”
DIMENSIONS.
Inches. Lines.
Length of the head 1 0
of the body 1 8
of the anterior extremities 2 1
of the posterior extremities 4 4
Found by Mr. Darwin in the Archipelago of Chonos (S. of Chiloe) in thick
forests.
GENUS—HYLA.
HYLA VAUTERII. _Bibr._