2, BOMBINATOR.—3. LIOPELMA. 447 
1. Bombinator igneus. 
Bombinator igneus, Giinth. Cat. p. 41. 
Rosel, Hist. Ran. p. 97, pls. 22 & 23. 
Rana bombina, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 101, and S. N. p. 355; Sturm, 
Deutschl. Faun, iii. 
Bufo igneus, Law. Syn. Rept. pp. 29 & 129; Schneid. Hist. Amph. 
p- 187; Latr. Rept. ii. p. 110; Griff. An. Kingd. ix. p. 401. 
Rana-ignea, Shaw, Zool, ii. p. 116, pl. 35. 
Bufo bombinus, Daud. Rain. p. 75, pl. 36, and Rept. viii. p. 146; 
Schinz, Faun. Helvet. p. 145, 
Bombinator igneus, Mer. 1. c.; Gravenh. Delic. p. 67; Cuv. R. A.; 
Tschudi, l.c.; Bonap. Faun. Ital.; Dum. §& Bibr. p. 487; Fatio, 
Vert. Swsse, iii. p. 368; Schreiber, Herp. Eur. p. 95; De Betta, 
Faun. Ital., Rett. Anf. p.70; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 275; Leydig, 
An. Bair, p. 50; Bedriaga, Zool. Anz. 1879, p. 664. 
bombina, Wagl. Syst. p. 206. 
brevipes, Blasius, Wirbelth. 
— pachypus, (Jtz.) Bonap. Faun. Ital. 
Vomerine teeth in a short interrupted series behind the choane. 
Habit stout. Snout short, rounded. First finger shorter than 
second; two metacarpal tubercles; toes more or less webbed; a 
small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 
forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches be- 
tween the shoulder and the eye. Skin strongly warty above, 
smooth, or nearly so, below. Olive above, sometimes elegantly 
marbled with black (spec. h-m); beneath orange, marbled with 
black. Male without vocal sac; during the breeding-season the 
inner side of the forearm, of the inner metacarpal tubercle, and 
of the two inner fingers furnished with black rugosities ; two small 
patches of same under the second and third toes. 
Europe; Asia. 
a. od. Goslar. Prof. Peters [P. ]. 
b..-Ye. Hanover. Dr. J. E. Gray [ P.]. 
en. France. 
Ge Gaahs Dis Kurope. 
g. Many spec., 5 Q. Chetoo. R. Swinhoe [C.]. 
h-m. 3 Q. China. — Adams, Esq. [C. |. 
3. LIOPELMA. 
Liopelma, (Lvtzing.) Steimdachn. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xi. 1861, 
p. 218. 
Pupil triangular. Tongue circular, entire, free behind. Vomerine 
teeth. No tympanum nor eustachian tubes. Fingers free; toes 
webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals separated by web. 
No omosternum ; sternum two slender diverging cartilaginous styles. 
Diapophyses of sacral vertebra feebly dilated. Terminal phalanges 
simple. 
New Zealand. 
