12. PALTJDICOLA. 



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2. Paludicola bibronii. 



Pleurodema bibroni, vars. A & C, Giinth. Cat. p. 31. 

 Pleurodenia bibroui, Tschudi, Batr. p. 85 ; Girard, U.S. U.ipl. 



ExjKd., Herp. p. 38, pi. 4. f. 33-38; Espada, Viaj. Tadf., Vert. p. 87. 

 Cystignathiis bibroui, Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 410, pi. 87. f. 2 ; Guichen. in 



Gay, Chile, Rept. p. 9G, pi. 7. f. 1. 

 Pleurodema darwinii, Bell, Zool. Beagle, Bept. p. 36, pi. 17. f. 3; 



Hensel, Arch. f. Natury. 1867, p. 133. 

 eleo;ans, Bell, I. c. p. 37, pi. 17. f. 4 ; Girard, I. c. p. 40, pi. 4, 



f. 28-32. 

 Cystignatbus elegans, Guichen. I. c. p. 101. 



Lower surface of foot. 



Tongue subcircular, entire or indistinctly nicked behind. Vome- 

 [rine teeth in two small oblique groups between the choanae. Snout 

 rounded, slightly longer than the greatest orbital diameter ; nostril 

 equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital 

 ' space generally narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum indis- 

 tinct or quite hidden. Fingers moderate, first not extending beyond 

 second ; toes moderate, with a rudimentary web extending as a 

 fringe along their sides ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a small 

 oval inner, and a small rounded, sometimes oval, outer metatarsal 

 tubercle, both very distinct. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches hardly the tym- 

 panum. Skin smooth, or with small warts above ; a very prominent 

 oval lumbar gland, generally larger than the eyeball. Greyish or 

 olive above, marbled with brown ; lumbar gland black and white ; 

 sometimes a light vertebral stri]^)e ; anterior half of the male's throat 

 black. Male with a subgrdar vocal sac. 

 S. America. 



a. 5. 



h. Several spec: $ , 



bgfr., & yg. 

 c-d,e,f,fj,h-i. 2 & 



bgr. 

 k. ?. 



I. ?. 



n, o-(], r 

 h-r 



-«. c?,2,& 



Maldonado. 



Taleabuano. 



Chili. 



Cbiloe. 



Chiloe. 



Shores of the Pacific 



Ocean. 

 S. America. 



C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 

 (Type of P. dnrwinii.) 

 Dr. Cunningham [C.]. 



C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 

 (Type of C. elegans.) 



C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 



