JtiWfiiiraiaaaa^ 



432 jjULLirrix ;ii, uxitim) siati;s national musku.m. 



lianlly tlio {i[i of tlie snout. A modi'vatcly i>i'oiiiiiioiit j;lainliil;ir liiteriii 

 fold. I'piuT parts jiiayisli or brown, more or loss sj)otteil with darl; 

 brown or black ; a more or less intense dark temporal spot ; a light line 

 from below the eye to the extremity ol" the temporal s[)ot ; sides of 

 body largely spotted; limbs Iransveisely barred; beneath more or less 

 spotted. ]\Iale witli two internal vocal sacs. 



The above synonymy and (lescrii)tion are taken from Boulenger, to 

 whom we are indebted for tlie most complete studies of the Kuropeau 

 species of I'ana. 



Tlie typical foi-mof tliis speciies is distributed over northern and teiii- 

 pcrate Asia and Murope, but a subspecies is (;ommon in tiu' western 

 regions of North America. Tiiis lias been called Ititna ptrtioxa by 

 Messrs. Baird and (lirard. It «liffers Irom the Old World Ibrm asfoUows: 



Ht'iid rroiii tliri'i' and (i\ c-liiitlis to (<iiir 1 iiiics in li'nj;tli ; tciiiixiriil siiot iiioio tlisliiii t : 

 /.'. t. I( iiiiiiirariii. 



lloiul from tliict^ fii tliitc iiiid livc-tcnllis liiiu's in Icnjilli ; (cmiioial spnt h'ss dis- 

 tinct /i". /. jinlinKii. 



lidiui t)')iipi>rari<i jtrrtiosa Ihl. vS: (lird.* 



liaiitt iintiimi liaiid. iV (iirard. I'roccfd. Ac. I'liilii., l>r>:5, ]i, ItT"'; Itaii'd, rrmccd. Ac 

 riiiia., L-.V), 1.. W'^; (lirard. V. S. Kxjd. llNpcd., llcip., p. ','(1, I'l. -J, ii;rs. \:\-\<: 

 Cooper,!;. S. I'.xjd. Snrv., xil.. part ii. p. iidi; r>oiil('n;j;cr, Hull Sue. Zitol. I'r. 

 l^ell, p.'JiIri; Cope, I'roci'i'd. Ac. I'liila., L-i-^;{, pii.viO, ;);!; Anii'ricaii Naturalist, l-7'.i. 



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The tbrm is rather stout and the head is not sosmall as in tho typical 

 1{. l('mpor<(ri(i. The heel of the exteu<led hind leg reaches to the postf- 

 rior border of the orbit, or from tiiat jtoint t(» tiie anterior bordi'r. The 

 inner cuneiform tuberch^ is snuill and obtuse, und there is a snnill ex- 

 ternal one. The following description is taken from a female: 



IJody stout, depressed, in shape much like A*. ail<:shi<ui(i. Head oli- 

 tuse, rounded, and sublruncate. Head broader tiian long. Canthns 

 rostralis not distinct. I'].\lernal nostrils small, circular, nearer the snout 

 than the eyes; a shallow groove behind them with a mineU' papilla, as 

 in most frogs. Head llat between the eyes; sides oblique; facial exca- 

 vation very shallow. lOyes small, contained a little nKUcthan three 

 times in the chord of the commissure and three and one half in that ol 

 the lower Jaw, one and one-half diameters from the ti|». Tym|»anum 

 very small (in small s[)ecinH'ns iinite indistinct), scarcely two thirds the 

 si/e of the eye, and distant from it by nearly a diameter. Tongue very 

 large and lleshy, free behind tor half its length, inner narcs narrow, 

 elongated in one specimen to a mere slit. N'omerine teeth in two small 

 obli(ln(^ |»atches, ap|)roacliing behind, but separated by an interval (Mjual 

 to that lietween the anteri(»r extremity and the inner nares. This ante- 

 rior extremity is on a line with or rather [ntsterior to the hinder border of 

 the ii'.r.i r nares. 



Skin everywhcic thick and leathery, minutely pitied ; on the sides 



d posterior pait of the body with external surfaces of liiinl legs, pus 



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