2, BOMBIXATOR. 3. LIOPELMA. 447 



1. Bombinator igneus. 



Bombinator igneus, Giinth. Cat. p. 41. 



Rosel, Hist, Man. p. 97, pis. 22 & 23. 



Raua bombina, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 101, arid S, N. p. 355 ; Sturm, 

 Dentscld. Faun. iii. 



Bufo igneus, Law. Si/n. Ilept. pp. 29 & 129 ; Schneid. Hist. Amph . 

 p. 187 ; Latr. Rept. ii. p. 110 ; Crrif. An. Kingd. ix. p. 401. 



Kana ig-nea, Shaio, Zool. iii. p. 116, pi. 35. 



Bufo bombiuus, Daud. Rain. p. 75, p]. 36, and Rept. viii. p. 146; 

 Schinz, Faun. Hehet. p. 145. 



Bombinator igneus, Merr. I. c. ; Gravenh, Delic. p. 67 ; Cuv. R. A. ; 

 Tschtidijl.c; Bonap. Faun. Ital.; Dum. ^- Bibr. t^. 487 ; Fatio, 

 Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 368 ; Schreiber, Herp. Fur. p. 95 ; De Betta, 

 Faun. Ital., Rett. Anf. p. 70 ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 275 ; Leydig, 

 An. Batr. p. 50 ; Bedriaga, Zool. Anz. 1879, p. 664. 



bombina, Tfagl. Sgst. p. 206. 



brevipes, Blasius, Wirbelth. 



pacbypus, (Fitz.) Bonap. Faun. Ital. 



Vomerine teeth in a short interrupted series behind the choanse. 

 Habit stout. Snout short, rounded. First finger shorter than 

 second ; two metacarpal tubercles ; toes more or less webbed ; a 

 small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches be- 

 tween the shoulder and the eye. Skin strongly warty above, 

 smooth, or nearly so, below. Olive above, sometimes elegantly 

 marbled with black (spec, h-m ) ; beneath orange, marbled with 

 black. Male without vocal sac ; during the breeding-season the 

 inner side of the forearm, of the inner metacarpal tubercle, and 

 of the two inner fingers furnished with black rugosities ; two small 

 patches of same under the second and third toes. 



Europe ; Asia. 



a. S . Goslar. Prof. Peters [P.]. 



h. Yg. Hanover. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 



c. 5 . France. 



d, e,f. $ . Europe. 



g. Many spec, S $ • Chefoo. E.. Swinhoe [C.]. 



h-m. S 2- China. — Adams, Esq. [C.]. 



"^ 3. LIOPELMA. 



Liopelma, (Fitzing.) Steindachn. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xi. 1861, 

 p. 218. 



Pupil triangular. Tongue circular, entire, free behind. Vomerine 

 teeth. No tympanum nor eustachian tubes. Fingers free ; toes 

 webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals separated by web. 

 No omosternum ; sternum two slender diverging cartilaginous styles. 

 Diapophyses of sacral vertebra feebly dilated. Terminal phalanges 

 simple. 



New Zealand. 



