438 PELOBATIDZ. 
a-b. Q & her. Hanover. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 
cd. 6. Paris. 
e-f. Yg. Paris. 
g. Skeleton. Bondy. 
SEGRE Nantes. 
zt. Larva. Bologna. Prof. J. J. Bianconi [P.]. 
2. Pelobates cultripes. 
Pelobates cultripes, Giinth, Cat. p. 41. 
Rana cultripes, Cuv. R. A. 
Cultripes provincialis, Miiller, Isis, xxv. 1852, p. 538. 
Bombinator fuscus, Dugés, Rech. Ostéol. Batr. 
Pelobates cultripes, Tschudi, l.c.; Dum. §& Bibr. p. 483; Sehrerb. 
Herp. Eur. p. 92; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 263. é 
? Didocus ealearatus, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad, (2) vi. 1866, p. 81. 
Closely allied to the preceding species, from which it differs in 
the following points :—Fronto-parietal region flat; temporal region 
bony, rough, the orbit being completely enclosed. Metatarsal spur 
black. 
France ; Spain and Portugal. 
GD. France. 
3. PELODYTES. 
Pelodytes, (7%tz.) Bonap. Faun, Ital.; Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 460; 
Giinth. Cat. p. 35; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 108, and Journ. 
Ae, Philad. (2) vi, 1866, p. 80. 
Obstetricans, sp., Dugés, Rech. Ostéol. Batr. 
Alytes, sp., T'schudi, Batr. p. 84. 
Pupil erect. Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked and free behind. 
Vomerine teeth in two small groups. Tympanum slightly distinct. 
Fingers free, toes webbed at the base, the tips not dilated. Outer 
metatarsals separated by web. Omosternum cartilaginous; sternum 
with a bony style. Vertebre procelian; diapophyses of sacral 
vertebra very strongly dilated, with two condyles for articulation 
with coccyx. 
Western Europe. 
1. Pelodytes punctatus. 
Pelodytes punctatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 35. 
Rana punctata, Daud. Rain. p.51, pl. 16, f. 11, and Rept. viii. p. 100. 
plicata, Daud. Rain. p. 53, and Rept. p. 102 ; Cuv. R. A. 
—— daudinii, Merr. Tent. p. 177. 
Obstetricans punctatus, Duges, 1. c. 
Alytes punctatus, Tschudi, d. e. 
Pelodytes punctatus, (Fitz.) Bonap. l. e.; Dum. § Bibr. p. 463 ; Fatio, 
Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 353; Schreib. Herp, Eur. p.99; De Betta, Faun. 
Ital., Rett. Anf. p. 68; Lataste, Herp, Gir. p. 242; Bouleng. Bull. 
Soc. Zool. France, 1881, p. 73. 
—— daudini, Bosca, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1880, p. 255. 
Vomerine teeth in two short transverse series on a level with the 
front edge of the choane. Snout subacuminate, with moderately 
