1. DISCOGLOSSUS. 445 
Synopsis of the Genera. 
Tympanic disk present, slightly distinct or concealed; diapophyses 
of sacral vertebra moderately dilated ; pupil triangular. 
1. Discoglossus, p. 445. 
No tympanic disk; tongue adherent ; diapophyses of sacral vertebra 
strongly dilated; pupil triangular .... 2. Bombinator, p. 446. 
No tympanic disk; tongue free behind; diapophyses of sacral 
vertebra feebly dilated ; pupil triangular. 
3. Liopelma, p. 447. 
Tympanum distinct; diapophyses of sacral vertebra moderately 
dilated ; pupil elliptical, erect ...... 4. Alytes, p. 448. 
1. DISCOGLOSSUS. 
Discoglossus, Otth, Newe Denkschr. Allgem. schweiz. naturf. Ges. 1. 
p. 6; Tochudi, Batr. p. 80; Dum. § Bibr. viii. p. 422; Giinth. 
Cat. p. 85; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 105, and Journ. Ae. 
Philad, (2) vi. 1866, p. 76. 
Pseudis, sp., Gené, Syn. Rept. Sard, p. 24. 
Colodactylus, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p. 68. 
Pupil triangular. Tongue circular, entire, scarcely free behind. 
Vomerine teeth. Tympanum slightly distinct or concealed. Fingers 
free ; toes webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals separated 
by web. A rudimentary omosternum; sternum two slender di- 
verging cartilaginous styles; diapophyses of sacral vertebra mode- 
rately dilated. ‘Terminal phalanges simple. 
S. Europe; N.W. Africa. 
1. Discoglossus pictus. 
Discoglossus pictus, Giinth. Cat. p. 35. 
Cetti, Anf.e Pesc. Sard. iii. p. 38. 
Rana temporaria, Rozet, Voy. Alg. i. p. 230. 
Discoglossus pictus, Otth, lc. £1-8; Tschudi, 1. c.; Bonap. Faun. 
Ital. Dum. & Bibr. p. 425; Strauch, Mém. Ac. Se. St. Pétersb. 
(7) 1 iy. no. 7, p.77; De Betta, Rett. Anf. Grec., Atti Inst. Venet. 
xii. p. 77; Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 28; De. Betta, Faun. 
Ital. Rett. Anf., p. 67; Schreiber, Herp. Bur. p: 112 ; Camerano, 
Atti Ac. Tor. xiv. p. 443, f. 6-8; Lataste, Actes Soc. "Linn, Bord. 
XXXili. p. 275, pls. 3, 4, 5. 
sardus, 7's chudi, he ; Bonap. lc. 5 Camerano, lc, p. 487, f. 4-5. 
Pseudis sardoa, Gené, he: pl. vat. 1=33.5-6, 
Rana picta, Schley. 1. c. 
? Colodactylus czerulescens, Tschudh, Faun. Per. Paeee p. p. 68, pl. 11. 
f.2; Peters, Mon. Berl. ‘Ac, 1873 3, p. 414, pl. 3. £1 
Discoglossus secovazzil, Camerano, Atti Ac. Tor, xiii. p. 548, & xiv. 
p. 447, f. 1-3. 
Vomerine teeth in a long, scarcely interrupted, straight series 
across the palate behind the choane. Snout rather prominent, 
longer than the greatest orbital diameter, without canthus rostralis ; 
interorbital- space as broad as, or a little narrower than, the upper 
