2. PELOBATES. 437 



carried forwards along the bod}-, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 the middle of the parotoid gland. The latter flat and thin. Colour 

 light brown, with a few dark speckles : a spot on canthus rostralis. 

 New Mexico. 



2. PELOBATES. 



Pelobates, Way!. Si/st. Amph. p. 206; Tschudi, Batr. p. 83; Ihim. i^- 

 Bibr. viii. p. 475 ; Gilnth. Cat. p. 40 ; Co^ie, Aat. Hist. Rev. 1865, 

 p. 108, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) v5. 1866, p. 81. 



Ciiltripes, Miiller, Tiedcm. Zeitschr. Phys. iv. p. 212, and Isis, 1832, 

 p. 336 ; Cojje, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. p. 81. 



Didocus, Cope^ I. c. 



Pupil erect. Tongue circular, slightly nicked and free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in two small groups. Xo tympanum. Fingers free ; 

 toes extensively webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals 

 separated by web. Inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-shaped. Omo- 

 sternum cartilaginous, rudimentary ; sternum with a bony style. 

 Vertebrae procoelian ; diapophyses of sacral vertebra very strongly 

 dilated : sacral and coccygeal vertebrae confluent. 



Europe. 



1. Pelobates fnscus. 



Pelobates fuscus, Giinth. Cat. p. 40. 



Rdsel, Hist. Ran. p. 69, pis. 17-19. 



Bufo fuscus, Laur. Syn. Rept. pp. 28 & 122 ; Schneid. Hist. Amph. 

 p. 196; Latr. Rept. ii. p. 109; Baud. Rain. p. 81, pi. 80. f 1, and 

 Rept. viii. p. 161 ; Ouv. R, A. ; Merr. Tent. p. 187. 



Rana fiisca, Meyer, Syn. Rept. p. 10 ; Sturm, Dentschl. Faim. iii. Heft 

 1 ; Gravenh. Delic. p. 82. 



alliacea, Shaxo, Zoo], iii. p. 146, pis. 41 \' 42. 



Bombina marmorata, Koch, I. c. ; Hcihn, Faun. Boic. pi. 21. f. b. 



Bombinator fuscus, Fitz. I. c, 



Pelobates fuscus, ^Vac|l. I. c. ; Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital. ; Tschudi, I. c. ; 

 Dum. 4" Bihr. p. 477 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 376 ; Schreiher, 

 Herp. Fur. p. 90 ; De Betta, Faun. Ital., Rett. Anf. p. 71 ; Leydig, 

 An. Batr. p. 77 ; Lessona, Atti Ac. Line., Mem. CI. Sc.-fi-^. 8)-c. i. 

 p. 1077, pi. 3. 



Cultripes minor, Miiller, Isis, xxv. p. 538. 



Pelobates insubricus, Comal. Atti Soc. Vent. Tent. ii. p. 44. 



Vomerine teeth iii two straight or slightly oblique series between 

 the choanae. Snout rounded, without canthus rostralis ; fronto- 

 parietal region bony, rough, convex. First and second fingers 

 equal : toes entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and toes pointed ; no 

 subarticular tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the shoulder or the 

 angle of the mouth. Skin smooth. Brown above, marbled with 

 darker ; metatarsal spur yellowish brown. Male without vocal sac, 

 with a large elliptic gland on the upperside of the arm. 



Central Europe. 



