258 CYSTIGNATHID. 
rim of the eye; behind the eye the vitta is superiorly margined with ~ 
white, and runs obliquely towards the occiput, hence, diverging 
towards the sides, terminates about the middle of the trunk ; legs 
barred with blackish brown ; reddish brown beneath; on each side 
a blackish-brown, elongated, tapering patch, proceeding from the 
belly, inclined anteriorly towards the chest. 
Rio Janeiro. 
19. LIMNODYNASTES. 
Limnodynastes, Ftzinger, Syst. Rept. p. 31; Giinth, Cat. p. 32; Cope, 
Nat. Hist, Rev, 1865, p. 113. 
Cystignathus, sp., Dum. § Bibr. viii. p. 409. 
Perialia, Gray, in Eyre’s Journ. Exped. Centr. Austr. i. p. 406. 
Wagleria, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 421. 
Platyplectrum, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) xi. p. 27; Cope, 
Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 94. 
Opisthodon, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 9. 
Heliorana, Steindachn. l. ce. p. 32. 
Borboroccetes, sp., Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 94. 
Pupil erect. Tongue subcircular, entire or slightly nicked, and 
_ free behind. Vomerine teeth in a series behind the choane. Ear 
perfectly developed ; tympanum not, or but slightly distinct. Fingers 
free; toes free or slightly webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer 
metatarsals united. Omosternum cartilaginous; sternum a carti- 
laginous plate. Terminal phalanges simple. 
Australia. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Inner metatarsal tubercle small, blunt. 
Tarso-metatarsal articulation reaching be- 
yond the tip of the snout; snout much 
longer than the orbital diameter ...... 1. peronii, p. 258. 
Tarso-metatarsal articulation not reaching 
the tip of the snout; first finger a little 
lonserithan “second \x..5 6.3.5... esa eke 2. salminii, p. 259. 
Tarso-metatarsal articulation not reaching 
the tip of the snout; first finger not ex- 
tending quite as far as second ...... 3. tasmaniensis, p. 260. 
Tarso-metatarsal articulation reaching the 
tip of the snout; snout not longer than 
the orbital: diameter +... 20 <m.0ee ere 4. platycephalus, p. 260. 
Il. Inner metatarsal tubercle large, shovel-shaped. 
A large parotoid-like gland on the calf .. 5. dorsalis, p. 261. 
No large gland on the calf”... 2. ca. 6. ornatus, p. 262. 
1. Limnodynastes peronii. 
Limnodynastes peronii, Giinth. Cat. p. 134. 
Cystignathus peroniil, Dum. § Bibr. p. 409, 
