19. LI1I>'0DT>-ASTES. 261 



Closely allied to L. tasmaniensis, from -whicli it differs by a much 

 depressed head, a shorter snout, the length of "which ec^uals the 

 orbital diameter, and longer hind limbs, the tarso-metatarsal 

 articulation reaching the tip of the snout. 



S. Australia. 



a-b. cS' Adelaide. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. (Types.) 



5. Limnodynastes dorsalis. 



Limncdynastes dorsalis, Gilnth. Cat. p. 33. 

 Cystignathus dorsalis, Gray, in Grey's W. Austr. p. 4C6, and in 



Eyre's Journ. Exped. Centr. Austr. i., App. p. 407, pi. 1. f. 2. 

 Wagleria dorsalis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 421. 

 Limnodynastes (Plat^-plectron) dmnerilii, Peters, Man. Berl, Ac. 



1863, p. 235. 

 Heliorana grayi, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 32, pi. 2. f. 11-14. 

 Platyplectrum superciliare, Keferst. Gottiny. Xachr. 1867, p. 346. 

 Heliorana superciliaris, Keferst. Arch. f. Xatury. 1868, p. 267. pi. 5. 



f. 7. ' • 



Limnodynastes dorsalis, G'unth. Journ. 3fus. Godeffr. xii. 1876, p. 47. 



Habit of Pelobates. Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in a straight, scarcely interrupted series behind, 

 and not extending outwards beyond the choanae. Snout rounded, 

 longer than the orbital diameter ; nostril equally distant from 

 the eye and the tip of the snout, or a little nearer the eye ; 

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very 

 indistinct. First and second fingers equal; a tubercle between the 

 first and second, and the second and third fingers ; toes rather 

 short, with a slight rudiment of web ; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed ; a large, shovel-shaped inner metatarsal tubercle. The 

 hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso- 

 metatarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. I^kin smooth, 

 or with flat glands on the back ; an elongated white gland from 

 beneath the eye to the shoulder ; a large parotoid-like gland on the 

 calf. Brown or olive above, darker marbled : a broad dark streak 

 from the eye to the shoulder; often a light vertebral line ; beneath 

 immaculate, or more or less spotted with brown. Male with a 

 Bubgular vocal sac ; female with a fringe along the inner side of 

 the second, and frequently also the third finger. 



Australia. 



a. S- . W. Aushalia. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 



b. Yg. W. Australia. 



c. c? • Houtmans AbroUios. 



d-e,f-g.S,2, Adelaide. ^-__^- G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



h-1. 6, 2 , & yg. Queensland. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



m-n. 6"$. Gaycdah. Mus. Godetfroy. 



o-p. d 2 • Port Essington*. Dr. Eleming [P.]. 



* The stomach of the female contains a haLf-giown Hcleioporus alho-guttaius. 



