44 EAKID^. 



dark-spotted ; a brown temporal spot ; a white line from beneath 

 the eye to the extremity of that spot ; beneath spotted with grey. 

 Male apparently without vocal sacs. 

 W. N. America. 



a-d. S , 2; ct yg. Sumas Prairies. Lord J. Russell [P.]. 



50. Eana temporaria. 



Eana temporaria, var. platyrliinus, Gilnth. Cat. p. 16. 

 liosel, Hist. Ban. p. 1, pis. 1-8. 



Rana temporaria, part., L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 357. 

 muta, Laitr. b'l/n. liejjt. p. 30. 



temporaria, Schneid. Hist. Amjih. i. p. 113 ; Latr. Sal. p. 87, 



and Rept. ii. p. 150 ; Shaiv, Zool. iii. p. 97 ; Datid. Rain. p. 46, 

 pi. 15, and lie^jt. viii, p. 94 ; Merrem, Tent. p. 175 ; Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. iii. p. 9; Jemjns, Brit. Vert. p. uOO •, Bonap. Faim. Ital.; 

 Schinz, Faun. Helv. p. 143 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 79 ; Bell, Brit. Bept. 

 p. 84; Bum. ^- Bibr. p. 359; Koeh, Ber. Senck. Ges. 1872, p. 135 ; 

 Futio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 321 ; De Bettn, Faun. Bah, Beit. Anf. 

 p. 64 ; Lessona, Atti Ac. Lincei, Mem. CI. Sc.-Jis. i. p. 1008, pi. ii. 



flaviventris, Millet, Faun. Maine et Boire, ii. p. 663. 



cruenta, Pallas, Zoogr. Boss.-As. p. 12. 



alpina, J?mso, Hist. Nat. Eur. mer. iii. p. 93; Bonap. I.e. 



scotica. Bell, I. c. p. 102. 



platyrrliiuus, Steenstr. Amtl. Ber. 24. Vers. Kiel, p. 131. 



fusca, De Vlsle, Ann. Sc.'Nat. .ser. 5, xvii. 1873; Beydig, An. 



Batr. p. 116 ; Bouleng.Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1879, p. 164; Heron 

 Boyer, Bull. Ac. Bely. (3) i. no. 2, p. 139. 



temporaria, var. platyrrhina, Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 125. 



dybowsldi, Giinth. Ami. 8,- Mag. N. H. 1876, xvii. p. 387. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups extending beyond the 

 hinder edge of the choanse. Head moderate ; snout short, blunt ; 

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first-extend- 

 ing beyond second ; toes at least two-thirds webbed : subarticular 

 tubercles of fingers and toes moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 small, obtuse ; outer tubercle none or scarcely distinct. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches hardly the tip of the snout. A moderately prominent 

 glandular lateral fold. Upper parts greyish or brown, more or less 

 spotted with dark brown or black ; a more or less intense dark tem- 

 poral spot ; a light line from below the eye to the extremity of the 

 temporal spot ; sides of body largely spotted ; limbs transversely 

 barred ; beneath more or less spotted. Male with two internal 

 vocal sacs. 



Europe ; Northern and Temperate Asia. 



Museum Leach. 



