BY DENE B. FRY. G5 



New South Wales by way of the upper reaches of the 

 Murray River from Gippsland, or (2), after crossintr the 

 low watershed of Southern Queensland. 



4. LiMNODYNASTES FLETCHERI, Blgr. 



Limnodynastes Jletcheri, Boulenger, A.M.N.H., (6), ii, 

 1888, p. 142. Id., Fletcher, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 

 (2), V, 1890, pp. 672 and 675. 



Limnodynastes tasmaniensis (Gthr.) var. (?) Fletcher, loc. 

 cit., vii, 1892, pp. 16-18. Id., Fletcher, loc. cit., 

 viii, 1894, p. ;!,29. 



Limnodynastes marmoratus, Lamb, Ann. Q'land. Mus., 

 No. 10, 1911. p. 28. Id., Fry, Rec. Austr. Mus., ix, 

 1912, pp. 98 and 106. {= L. fletcheri.) 



There are seven examples of this f.pecies in the Museum 

 collection taken by Mr. Robt. Hehns, at Wilcannia, Darling 

 River, Western New South Wales. Ber ides these, are two 

 unlocalii^ed examples and a co-tj^pe f^pecimen of Lamb's 

 L. marmoratus. The latter agrees well with the Western 

 New South Wales examples. 



Limnodynastes fletcheri is a larger and stouter species 

 than L. tasmaniensis and may be distinguished by the 

 following characteis : — The toes are very much more 

 pointed and fringed and have a prominent basal web. 

 (This WtLS suggef.ted by Mr. Fletcher, who forwarded the 

 types to Dr. Boulenger, to be possibly due to immersion in 

 too strong a preserving fluid, but my specimens dispel 

 all doubt and show that the condition is natural). The 

 skin is rough and glandular. The markings on the back 

 consist of coarse marmorations of dark brown (sometimes 

 grey) with noticeable suffusions of bright carmine or pink, 

 most pronounced on the eyelids. There is alwaj^s only 

 one metatarsal tubercle, p^n outer. 



5. Limnodynastes olivaceus, de Vis, 



Limnodynastes olivaceus, de Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 

 ix, 1884, p. 66. Id., Boulenger, A.M.N. H., (5), xvi, 

 1885, p. 387. 



Re-description of Limnodynastes olivaceus, de Vis. 



