A HA. 411 
Habit raniform. Tongue suboval, nicked and free behind. Vo- 
merine teeth between the choane, in two slightly oblique series 
convergent posteriorly. Head as long as broad, or a little longer 
than broad, resembling in shape that of Rana esculenta; snout 
longer than the diameter of the eye; canthus rostralis moderately 
distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; interorbital space narrower 
than the upper ey elid ; tympanum very distinct, half or two thirds 
the diameter of the eye. Jingers free; no distinct rudiment of 
pollex ; toes entirely webbed, or nearly so; disks small, about half 
the diameter of the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a 
distinct fold along the inner edge of the tarsus. The hind limb 
being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaches the eye, sometimes not quite so far, sometimes a little be- 
yond. Skin smooth or warty above, granulate beneath ; a more or 
legs indistinct glandular lateral fold. Bluish or olive above, spotted 
or marbled with blue or brown ; a dark streak on the canthus ros- 
tralis; generally a whitish band on each side of the back; some- 
times a light vertebral band; beneath whitish, immaculate. Male 
with two internal vocal sacs; during the breeding-season the inner 
side of the first finger furnished with brown rugosities. From snout 
to vent 79 millim. 
Australia. 
ab, c-d, (om 99: fet ’ -) 9 
Port Essington. 
her., & yg. 
Dr. Fleming [ P. ]. 
he 2. Melbourne. G. Krefft, Esq. [P. ]. 
Pi a Melbourne. A. E. Craven, Ksq. [P. ]. 
k. Her. King George’s Haslar Hospital. 
Sound. ~ 
lL oe King George's G. Krefft, Esq. [P. ]. 
m-n. Her, & yg. 
0, p,q. & & her. 
r—s, t—-w, x-%. 3,9, 
Sound. 
Swan River. 
Swan River. 
W. Australia. 
Sir A. Smith [P. ]. 
her. nn & ye. 
Dye 2 ; skeleton. Australia. 
Ee Australia. C. Darwin, Esq. [P. ]. 
Australia, Mr. W. Buchanan. 
Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
Tasmania. R. Gunn, Esq. [ P.]. 
Tasmania. Capt. Ross’s Exped. 
China, (???). C. Bowring, Esq. [P.]. 
e. Her. 
Cy. 2 & her. 
6,.-rA. 9 her. & yg. 
pom. Ye. 
p. Her: 
to} 
Var. cyclorhynchus. 
Litoria aurea, var., Gtiinth. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1870, p. 402, pl. 30. f. 3. 
Snout shorter, more rounded. Groin and sides of thighs black, 
with white spots; lower surfaces densely reticulated with black, 
these being, however, ee in the young specimen. Perhaps 
a species. 
-¢ &,.9. & ye. W. Australia, G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
