1. DiscoGLOsstrs, 445 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



Tympanic disk present, slightly distinct or concealed ; diapophyses 



of sacral vertebra moderately dilated ; pupil triangular. 



1. Discoglossus, p. 445. 

 Xo tympanic disk ; tongue adherent ; diapophyses of sacral vertebra 



strongly dilated ; pupil triangular .... 2. Bombinator, p. 446. 

 No tympanic disk ; tougue tree behind ; diapophyses of sacral 



vertebra feebly dilated ; pupil triangular. 



3, Liopelma, p. 447. 

 Tympanum distinct ; diapophyses of sacral vertebra moderately 



dilated ; pupil elliptical, erect 4. Alytes, p. 448. 



1. DISCOGLOSSUS. 



Discoglossus, Otth, Keue Denkschr. AJlgem. sckweiz. naturf. Ges. i. 



p. G ; Tschiidi. Batr. p. 80 ; Dnm. Sf Bibr. viii. p. 422'; Giinth. 



Cat. p. 35 ; Cope, JVat, Hist. Bev. 1865, p. 105, and Journ. Ac. 



Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 76. 

 Pseudis, sp., Gene, Syn. Rept. Sard. p. 24. 

 Colodactylus, Tsckudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p. 68. 



Pupil triangular. Tongue circular, entu'e, scarcely free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth. Tympaniun slightly distinct or concealed. Fingers 

 free : toes vrebbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals separated 

 by web. A rudimentary omosteruum ; sternum two slender di- 

 verging cartilaginous styles; diapophyses of sacral vertebra mode- 

 rately dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 



S.Europe: X.W. Africa. 



1. Discoglossus pictus. 



Discoglossus pictus, Giinth. Cat. p. -35. 

 Cetti, Anf. e Peso. Sard. iii. p. 38. 

 Eaua temporaria, Rozet, Voy. Aly. i. p. 230. 

 Discoglossus pictus, Otth, I. c. f. 1-8 ; Tschudi, I. c. ; Bonap. Faun. 



Ital. ; Dum. 8,- Bibr. p. 425 : Strauch, Mem. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. 



(7) iv. no. 7, p. 77 ; De Betta, Rett. Anf. Grec, Atti Inst. Venet. 



xiii. p. 77: Steindachn. JVovara, Aniph. p. 28 : De Betta, Faun. 



Ital. Rett. Anf., p. 67 ; Schreiber, Herp. Eur. p. 112 ; Cainerano, 



Atti Ac. Tor. xiv. p. 443, f. 6-8 ; Lataste, Actes Soc. Linn. Bord. 



xxxiii. p. 275, pl^3, 4, 5. 



sardus, Tschudi, I. e. ; Bonap. I. c. : Camerano, I. c. p. 437, f. 4-5. 



Pseudis sardoa, Gene, I. c. pi. v. f. 1-3, 5-6. 



Rana picta, Schley. I. c. 



? Colodactylus cajridescen.s, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p. 68, pi. 11. 



i. 2 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 414, pi. 3. f, 1. 

 Discoglossus scovazzii, Camerano, Atti Ac. Tor. xiii. p. 548, & xiv. 



p. 447, f. 1-3. 



Yomerine teeth in a long, scarcely interrupted, straight series 

 across the palate behind the choana-. Snout rather prominent, 

 longer than the greatest orbital diameter, without canthus rostralis ; 

 interorbital space as broad as, or a little narrower than, the upper 



