Identify this species?

[Mantid-Tim]

A friend found this mantid/mantis in Staten Island, NY. Can anyone ID it for me/them? It does not have a stripe on head or abdomen, just plain green, I was told. (I know in this area its either European, Carolina, or Chinese; the last being less likely due to no stripe I've been told).  

Here are some pictures: (any help would be appreciated, and of course the bottle is just for a few hours until a 32oz is obtained and made suitable for a mantis apartment...)

 

[MantisGirl13]

Chinese. 

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hibiscusmile]

chinese mantis

 

[Mantid-Tim]

Thanks. Thats what I thought when I first looked at it but then with no stripe I was thinking European. Any way of telling?

 

[MantisGirl13]

European mantis will have black and white markings inside the forearms and red-orange claw tips. We can tell that its Chinese because of the shape of the body.

- MantisGirl13 

 

[Mystymantis]

Yep looks like a Chinese mantis to me.