2. Pelobates cultripes. 



Pelobates cviltripes, Giinth. Cat. p. 41. 

 Rana cultripes, Cuv. R. A. 



Cultripes provincialis, Midler, Isis, xxv. 1832, p. 538. 

 Bombinator fuscus, Duges, Rech. Osteol. Batr. 

 Pelobates cultripes, Tschudi, I. c. ; Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 483 ; Schreib. 



Herp. Bur. p. 92 ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 263. 

 P Didocus calcaratus, Cope, Joum. Ac. Philud. (2) vi. 1866, p. 81. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, from which it differs in 

 the following points : — Fronto-parietal region flat : temporal region 

 bony, rough, the orbit being completely enclosed. Metatarsal spur 

 black. 



France ; Spain and Portugal. 

 a. 2 • France. 



3. PELODYTES. 



Pelodytes, (Fitz.) Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Dum. ty Bibr. viii. p. 460 ; 



Giinth. Cat. p. 35 ; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 108, and Joum. 



Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 80. 

 Obstetricans, sp., Duges, Rech. Osteol. Batr. 

 Alytes, sp., Tschudi, Batr. p. 84. 



Pupil erect. Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked and free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in two small groups. Tympanum slightly distinct. 

 Fingers free, toes webbed at the base, the tips not dilated. Outer 

 metatarsals separated -by web. Omosternum cartilaginous; sternum 

 with a bony style. Vertebra proccelian ; diapophyses of sacral 

 vertebra very strongly dilated, with two condyles for articulation 

 with coccyx. 



Western Europe. 



1. Pelodytes punctatus. 



Pelodytes punctatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 35. 

 Rana punctata, Daud. Rain. p. 51, pi. 16. f. 11, and Rept. viii. p. 100. 



plicata, Daud. Rain. p. 53, and Rept. p. 102 ; Cuv. R. A. 



daudinii, Merr. Tent. p. 177. 



Obstetricans punctatus, Duges, I. c. 



Alytes punctatus, Tschudi, I. c. 



Pelodytes punctatus, (Fitz.) Bonap. I. c. ; Dum. fy Bibr. p. 463 ; Fatio, 



Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 353 ; Schreib. Herp. _EW.p.99; De Betta, Faun. 



Ital, Rett. Anf. p. 08 ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 242 ; Bouleng. Bull. 



Soc. Zoo/. France, 1881, p. 73. 

 daudini, Bosca, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1880, p. 255. 



Vomerine teeth in two short transverse series on a level with the 

 front edge of the choanas. Snout subacuminate, with moderately , 



