Horváth Géza (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 2. (Budapest 1904)
Méhely, L.: Investigations on Paraguayan Batrachians
234 TV JU L I U S V. MADARÁSZ. 21. Phylloinedusa hypochondrialis D AUD. Hyla hypochondrialis DAUDIN, Hist. nat. des rainettes etc., 1803, p. 29, tab. X, tig. 1 et Hist. Nat. Rept., VITI. 1802—3, p. 60. Phyllornedusa hypochondrialis BOULENGEK, Cat. Batr. Sal., 1882, p. 430 et Proc. Zool. Soc. of London. 1882, p. 264, tab. XIII; BUDGETT, Quart. Journ. Micr. Sc., XLII. 1899. p. 313, tab. XXVIII. One specimen ; length 28 mm. from snout to vent. Tongue entire. Vomerine teeth none. Snout as long as the diameter of the eye, broadly rounded on its end, its outline looked at from the side like a high arch arising from the mouth and extending to the occiput; nostril as far from the eye as half of the diameter of the latter canthus rostralis none; loreal region nearly vertical. Lower eyelid transparent in its upper half, but on the upper edge margined with an opaque streak ; in the anterior corner of the eye on the opace part of the lower eyelid a small, roundish wart very prominent. Tympanum covered with skin, about one third of the diameter of the eye. Fingers free, first shorter than second, fourth distincly shorter than third ; disks of fingers small, scarcely broader than the cross-diameter of the the last phalanx. First toe much longer than second, opposable to the others : disks not larger than those of the fingers. Tibio-tarsal articulation does not reach the tympanal region. Skin smooth above, granulate beneath : parotoids scarcely distinct. Coloration. Faded green above. Upper and lower lip white margined. this marginal streak prolonged behind and extended to the middle of the tlank, where passings over into the yellow colour of this ; above this white streak begins the green colour of the upper surface, below it is margined with a faint trace of a violet-brown line. When the limbs are folded against the body, as most Tree-frogs are in the habit of doing during the daytime, the upper parts are uniform green, but if the limbs are stretched out. all the concealed surfaces, viz. the upper and lateral surfaces of the humerus, the anterior side of the forearm, the three inner fingers, the posterior half of the flanks, the lateral and upper surfaces of the femur — with the exception of a narrow green streak on the upper side —, the lower surface of the tibia, the inner side of the tarsus and the four inner toes, being of an orange colour, marked with transverse violetbrown bars. A white line along the outer edge of the forearm and fourth finger, and tarsus and fifth toe, margined below with violet. Lower surfac white. This coloration is not only very beautiful, but also very interesting, because it is a surprising example of mimicry. When the animal is siting
