26 Dr. A. Giinther on new Species of 



VI. — On new Species of Batrachians from Australia. 

 By Albert Gunther, M.A., M.D., Ph.D. 

 [Plate IV.] 

 In a paper on new species of Snakes, I have frequently had oc- 

 casion to mention a collection of reptiles sent by G. Krefft, 

 Esq., Curator of the South Australian Museum at Sydney, to 

 the International Exhibition. Although, in consequence of a 

 want of the necessary literature, Mr. Krefft could not determine 

 all the species collected by him, the collection nevertheless 

 proved to be one of the most valuable contributions to zoology ; 

 the specimens are beautifully preserved ; and all of them being 

 collected by the exhibitor himself, we are thus supplied with most 

 reliable information on the habitat of many species, particularly 

 of the reptiles found in the neighbourhood of Sydney. We have 

 seen that many of the species of snakes sent by Mr. Krefft have 

 been known only for a very short period, and were previously 

 not represented, or only very scantily, by specimens in the 

 British Museum. We give in the present paper the descriptions 

 of the new Batrachians, and intend to publish a similar report 

 on the Saui'ians at a future time. 



Limnodynastes Krefftii. 



This species is very closely allied to L. tasmaniensis, from 

 which it will be readily distinguished by the presence of only 

 one tubercle on the metatarsus. 



No large gland on the hinder extremity ; skin of the back smooth; 

 metatarsus with a single tubercle. Greenish-olive, spotted with 

 blackish ; the lower parts whitish. 



In habit this Frog is entirely similar to L. tasmaniensis, a 

 figure of which may be found in the ' Batrach. Salient/ pi. 2. 

 fig. b ; also the tongue, teeth, nasal openings, &c, are the same 

 as in that species ; but the carpus has only two tubercles below, 

 and the metatarsus only one. A whitish vertebral line is scarcely 

 indicated; the blackish spots on the back are more or less con- 

 fluent into irregular longitudinal bands ; a black band along the 

 canthus rostralis, continued behind the eye, towards the shoulder; 

 its postocular portion is edged with white below ; legs with short 

 blackish cross bands. Young specimens have a brighter colora- 

 tion, their ground-colour being yellowish or yellowish-olive, and 

 the black band behind the eye having a rose-coloured inferior 

 margin. 



An adult male and female, and several half-grown and young 

 specimens, were in the collection. It appears to be a rather 

 common species in the neighbourhood of Sydney. 



Length of the body (male) 28 lines, of the hind leg 42 lines, 

 of the fore leg 18 lines, of the fourth hind toe 13 lines. 



