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breast, under the fore- legs, and on the first and second toes 

 of the fore-feet. 



Length of the body, about ly inch. 



The ground colour of the upper parts is tawnv mixed 

 with ash, agreeably spotted with light green ; below, white 

 or fiesh- colour, often with orange specks on the sides. The 

 rough places described above in the males are during life 

 of a bright violet tint, but become almost black when the 

 animal is dead, the green of the upper parts also turning 

 in like manner. 



Pre^uents pools and other pieces of water in the spring 

 and summer ; in the autumn is found in shrubby places. 



Hitherto this species has not been met with out of 

 Prance, in which country it has been observed by M. 

 Baillen in Picardy : by M. Dumeril at Sc-eaux-Penthievre, 

 near Paris ; in the Department du Grard, not uncommonly, 

 by M. Crespon, in vineyards ; and is a native of the neigh- 

 bourhood of MontpelHer and other parts of the South, 

 Princ-e Buonaparte rhiTiks that it is to be found on the 

 Italian side of the Yar. 



Genus ALYTES. 



Tongue round, thick, entire, adhering on all sides, fur- 

 rowed lengthwise ; palatine teeth in a long transverse row 

 behind the nostrils, interrupted in the middle : tympanum 

 distinct : eustachian tubes very small : fore- toes free ; hind- 

 toes webbed by a thick membrane : no vocal bladder. Only 

 one species. 



Alytes obst^tricans, 



JJyfes obsfetrtCim&, Dm. et Beb. toL TiiL p. 467 : Schixx. Europ. Faun, 

 vol iL p. 76 ; Bro5. Faun. ItaL (figured). 



BESCEiPTioy. — The head is depressed, with its sides nearly 

 vertical, liat behind and between the eyes, which are pro- 



