•244 BATRACHIA. 



Var. B. Ground colonr velloirish green : along the back 

 and frequently on each side a white stripe ; sometimes a 

 gimflar one on the forehead meets that on the back. 



Tar. C. Spots on the back few or none, those elsewhere 

 much smaller. 



In all these varieties the belly is white or yellowish. 



Lives in small streams and in fresh- or salt-water marshes 

 in Greec*. Sicily. Sardinia, and Xorth of Afric-a, often in 

 company with the Rana viridis. According to Prince 

 Buonaparte, his D. Sardus is peculiar to Sardinia. 



Genus PELODTTZS. 



Tongue al m ost circular, scarcely notched, free behind; 

 a group of palatine teeth at the anterior inner angle of each 

 n'jstril ; tympanum distinct : fore-feet with four toes,, not 

 webbed : hind- toes depressed, their webs either very short 

 or much developed ; eustaehian tubes moderate ; males with 

 a vocal bladder. Only one species known. 



Pelodytes ptmctatos. 



Pdodyta pnatctatus. Bum, et Bib, toL vol p. 4^>3 ; Bros. Faun. ItaL 



(%ired). 

 Abftes pia^4stui, Schdtz, Eiirop. Faun- voL iL p. 77. 



DESCEiPiioir. — Head depressed, triangular ; space between 

 the n-^strils equal to half of that between the eyes ; a long 

 narrow ^iand above the ear. and a small one at the comer 

 of the mouth ; the body elongated and very slender behind ; 

 the upper parts with numerous small warts of different 

 sizes : in the males these form two longitudinal rows on 

 each side, one running near the top of the back, the other 

 along the flank, which a fold of skin divides from the beUy. 

 In the breeding season the males on several parts acquire 

 a roughness of the skin, to render more secure their hold 

 on the back of the females ; this mav be observed on the 



