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18. Bombinator orientcdis. (PI. IX. fig. 2.) 



The Oriental form for which I propose the above name 

 agrees with B. pachypus in the proportions of the limbs and 

 the absence of gular sacs, and with B. igneus in the absence 

 of nuptial excrescences on the toes and the red colour of the 

 lower parts. Nineteen specimens are in the British Museum, 

 viz. : — 



1-11. <$ 2 i nupt. temp. Chefoo. Swinhoe. 

 12-15. cJ $ , nupt. temp. N.China. A.Adams. 

 16. 5 • S.E. coast of Corea. A. Carpenter. 

 17-19. J $ , nupt. temp. Chabarowka. Domes. 



Measurements. 



Chefoo. Chabarowka. 



S. ?. rf. 2- 



millim. millim. millim. millim. 



From snout to vent 52 40 30 40 



Head 16 14 12 13 



Width of head 18 10 13 13 



Fore limb 26 23 20 20 



Hind limb 61 55 49 59 



Tibia 18 16 15 15 



Foot, from inner metatarsal tubercle 16 15 14 14 



The upper surfaces are usually as coarsely warty as in B. 

 ■pachypus. As in B. igneus, the upper parts are always 

 spotted or marbled with darker and show no trace of the four 

 light spots of B. pachypus ; the ground-colour varies from 

 a dull olive with few and somewhat ill-defined darker spots 

 to a bright green handsomely spotted or marbled with deep 

 black. Lower parts blood-red, spotted or marbled with deep 

 black, usually neither of the two colours predominating ; no 

 white clots on the belly ; tips of fingers and toes red. 



The distinctive characters of the three species of Bombi- 

 nator may be analysed as follows : — 



