1. DISCOGLOSSUS. 445 



Syno23sis of the Genera. 



Tympanic disk present, slightly distinct or concealed ; diapophyses 



of sacral vertebra moderately dilated ; pupil triangular. 



1. Discoglossus, p. 445. 

 No tympanic disk ; tongue adherent ; diapophyses of sacral vertebra 



strongly dilated; pupil triangular .... 2. Bombinator, p. 446. 

 No tympanic disk ; tongue free behind ; diapophyses of sacral 



vertebra feebly dilated ; pupil triangular. 



3. Liopelina, p. 447. 

 Tympanum distinct : diapophyses of sacral vertebra moderately 



dilated ; pupil elliptical, erect 4. Alytes, p. 448. 



1. DISCOGLOSSUS. 



Discoglossus. Ott/i, Neue Denkschr. Allyem. schweiz. naturf Ges. i. 



p. : Tschudi, Batr. p. 80 ; Dum. $ Bibr. viii. p. 422 ; Giiut/i. 



Cat. p. 36 j Cope, Nat, Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 10-5, and Journ. Ac. 



Phi/ad. (2) vi. i860, p. 76. 

 Pseudis, sp., Gene, Syn. Rept. Sard. p. 24. 

 Colodactylus, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p. 68. 



Pupil triangular. Tongue circular, entire, scarcely free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth. Tympanmn slightly distinct or concealed. Fingers 

 free ; toes webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals separated 

 by web. A rudimentary omosternum ; sternum two slender di- 

 verging cartilaginous styles ; diapophyses of sacral vertebra mode- 

 rately dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 



S. Europe ; N.W. Africa. 



1. Discoglossus pictus. 



Discoglossus pictus, Giinth. Cat. p. 35. 

 Cetti, Anf. e Pesc. Sard. iii. p. 38. 

 liana temporaria, Rozet, Voy. Alg. i. p. 230. 

 Discoglossus pictus, Otth, I. c. f. 1-8 ; Tschudi, I. c. ; Bo/tap. Faun. 



Ital. : Dum. 8f Bibr. p. 425 ; Strauch, Mem. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. 



(7 i iv. no. 7, p. 77; De Betta, Rett. Anf. Grec, Alti lust. Veuet. 



xiii. p. 77 ; Steindac/iu. Novara, Amph. p. 28 ; De Betta, Faun. 



Pal. Rett. Anf., p. 67 ; Schreiber, Herp. Fur. p. 112 ; Camerano, 



Atti Ac. Tor. xiv. p. \\'-\, f. 6-8 : Lataste, Actes Soc. Linn. Bord. 



xxxiii. p. 276, pis. 3, 4, 5. 



sardus, Tschudi, I. c. ; Bonap. 1. c. ; Camerano, I. c. p. 437, f. 4-5. 



Pseudis sardoa, Gene, I. c. pi. v. f. 1-3, 5-6. 



Rana picta, Schley. I. c. 



? Colodactylus caerulescens, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p. (i8, pi. 11. 



f. 2; Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 414, pi. 3. f. 1. 

 Discoglossus scovazzii, Camerano, Atti Ac. Tor. xiii. p. 548, & xiv. 



p. 447, f. 1-3. 



Vomerine teeth in a long, scarcely interrupted, straight series 

 across the palate behind the choana 1 . Snout rather prominent, 

 longer than the greatest orbital diameter, without canthus rostralis ; 

 interorbital space as broad as, or a little narrower than, tho upper 



