40 REPTILES, 



Section II. Bombinatorina. 

 0. oxYDACTYLA witli ipaxillary teeth and imperfectly developed car. 



Fam. 1. BOMBINATORID^. 



BoMBiNATOEiNA With wcbbcd tocs, with the processes of the sacral 

 vertebra dilated, and vsdthout paratoids. 



Synopsis of the Oen&ra. 



1. Pelobates, First cuneiform bone forming a flat, sharp-edged 



spur. Europe. 



2. Bombinator. Tongue entirely adherent. Europe. 



3. Alsodes. Tongue free behind ; vomerine teeth in two groups. 



Chonos. 



4. Telmatobius. No vomerine teeth. 



1. PELOBATES. 



Head above bony, rough; skin with some flat smooth warts. 

 Fingers free ; tocs webbed ; the iu'st cuneiform bone forming a flat, 

 sharp-edged spur. No tympanum, nor cavum tympani ; eustacliian 

 tubes lateral, very narrow. Tongue circular, free, and slightly 

 nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in an interrupted line between the 

 interior nostrils. Vocal sac none, but a large gland on the upper 

 arm of the male. Europe. 



Pelobates, Wagl. Syst Amjih. p. 206 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 83 ; Dum. Sf 



Bihr. viii. p. 475. 

 Cultripes, Miiller, in Tiedem. Zeitschr. fur Physiol, iv. p. 212, and 



Isis, 1832, p. 336. 

 Bufo, sp., Rana, sp., auct. prior. 



1. Pelobates fuscus. 



Rdscl, Hist. Run. iv. p. 69. t. 17-19 ; Gaze, Uttroj}. Faun. vii. p. 87. 

 Biifo fuscus, Zaur. Syn. Rqd. pp. 28, 122 ; Dauhent. Encycl. Meth. iii. 



p. 595 ; Bonnat. Erpet. p. 15 ; Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 196 ; Latr. 



Rcpt. ii. p. 109 ; Daud, Hist. Rain. p. 81. pi. 80. f. 1, and Rqit. viii. 



p. 101 ; Cuv. Ri'gne Anim. ; Merr. Tent. p. 187. 

 Rana fusca, Meyer, Syn. Rept. p. 10; Stunn, Dcutschl. Fauna, iii. 



Heft 1 ; Gravenh. Delic. p. 32. 



alliaca, Shaic, Zool. iii. p. 146. pis. 41, 42. 



Bombina marmorata, Koch, in Sturm, Deutschl. Fauna, iii. Ileffc 5-6. 

 Pelobates fuscus, Wagl. I. c. ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Tschudi, I. c. ; 



Cuvier, Ilhistr. Rept. pi. 38. f. 1 ; Dum. 8,- Bibr. p. 477. 



Crown and occiput convex. Spiirs brown or yellowish. 



a, b. Adult. Hanover. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



c. Adult. France. From M. Parzudald's Collection. 



d, e. Adidt. Paris. Presented by M. Verreaux. 

 /, g. Half-grown. Paris. 



h. Adidt: skeleton. Bondy. 



