2. BOMBINATOR. 3. LIOPELMA. 447 



1. Bombinator ignoue . ' '' 



Bonibinator igueus, G'unth. Cat. p. 41. 

 ,Rosel, Hist, Ran. p. 97, pis. 22 & 23. * 



/ Rana bombina, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 101, and S. N. p. 355 J Sturm, 



. Deutschl, Faun. iii. . 



/ Bnfo igueus, Law: Si/n, Rept. pp. 29 & 129 ■JSclme id. Hist. Amph. 

 I p. 187 ; Latr. Mept. ii. p. 110; Griff. An. Rinyd, be. p. 401. 

 Rana ignea, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 11G, pi. 35. 

 Bufo bonibinus, Daud. Rain. p. 75, pi. 36, and Rept. viii. p. 140 ; 



Schina, Faun. Helvet, p. 145. 

 Bombinator igueus, Merr. 1. c. ; Gravenh. Delic. p. 67 ; Guv. R. A. ; 

 Tschudi, I. c. ; Bonap. Faun, Ital. ; Dum. Of Bibr. p. 487 ; Fatio, 

 Vert, Suisse, iii. p. 368 ; Schreiber, Her p. Eur. p. 95 ; De Betta, 

 Faun. Ral., Rett. Auf. p. 70 ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 275 ; Leydiy, 

 An. Batr. p. 50 ; Bedriaga, Zool. Anz. 1879, p. 664. 



bombina, Watjl. Syst. p. 206. 



brevipes, Bhisius, Wirbetth. 



pacbypus, (Fitz.) Bonap. Faun. Ital. 



Vomerine teeth in a short interrupted series behind the choanae. 

 Habit stout. Snout short, rounded. First linger shorter than 

 second ; two metacarpal tubercles ; toes more or less webbed ; a 

 small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches be- 

 tween' the shoulder and the eye. Skin strongly warty above, 

 smooth, or nearly so, below. Olive above, comotimoc elegantl y 

 mai'bled with blank (apct. h >u ) ; beneath orange, marbled with 

 black. Male without vocal sac ; during the breeding-season the 

 inner side of the forearm, of the inner metacarpal tubercle, and 

 of the two inner fingers furnished with black rugosities; two small 

 patches of same under the second and third toes. 



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3. LIOPELMA. 



Liopelma, (Fitzim/.) . ^i'hu'uuU. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xi. 1861, 

 p. 218. 



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

 teeth. No tympanum nor eustachian tubes. Fingers free; toes 

 webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals separated by web. 

 No omosternum ; sternum two slender diverging cartilaginous styles. 

 Piapophyses of sacral vertebra feebly dilated. Terminal phalanges 

 simple. 



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