134 EEPTILES. 



Page '29. — 7a. Cystignathus roseus. 



Dum. 8)" Bibr. viii. p. 114 ; Gay, Cldle, Zool. ii. Erjjetol. p. 99. pi. 7. f. 3. 



Tympanum scarcely distinct ; vomeiine teeth in two groups on a 

 level with the posterior margin of the nostrils. Tongue circular ; 

 the inner nostrils and eustachian tubes very narrow. Upper parts 

 rose-coloured, back with a brownish shade ; the hinder side of the 

 tliighs blackish, spotted with white ; belly whitish. Chili. 



Page 29. Cystignathus nodosus. 



Oiq/, Cliile, Zool. ii. Erpetol. p. 98. 



Page 30. Cystignathus senegalensis. 

 h-f. Adult. Cape. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 30. Cystignathus georgianus. 

 i. Many specimens. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 31, Pleurodema labyrinthicum. 



Cystignathus labyrinthicus, Guichen. Rept. in Casteln. Anim. nouv. ou 

 rares de TAmer. dii Slid, p. 79. pi. 16. 



Page 31. Pleurodema bibroni. 



Cystiguathus bibroni, Gm/, Cliile, Zool. ii. JErpetol. p. 96. pi. 7. f. 2. . 

 Var. elegans (p. 32). Cystignathus elegans, Gay, I. c. p. 101. 



Page 33. — 1 a. Limnodynastes peronii. 



Cystignathus peronii, Dum. 4" £ibr. p. 409. 



No large gland. Back with longitudinal folds. Head moderate ; 

 snout produced, depressed, flat ; tongue cordiform, slightly nicked 

 behind. Brownish, with longitudinal series of browTi spots on the 

 back and cross-bars on the legs ; beUy marbled with brown. 



o. Adult male : not good state. Van Diemen's Land. Presented 

 by Sir A. Smith. 



I am now convinced that this species of Dumcril and Bibron, 

 which I have placed as a doubtful synonym of L. dorsalis, forms a 

 distinct species, distinguished from L. tasmaniensis by its coloration 

 and the folds on the back. 



Page 33. Limnodynastes tasmaniensis. 



cf-h. Adult and half-grown. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by 

 Sir A. Smith. 



