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  DISCOGLOSSIDJ:. 
  

  

  Grey, 
  olive, 
  or 
  rarely 
  bright 
  grass-green 
  above, 
  with 
  

   distant 
  symmetrical 
  blackish 
  or 
  dark 
  bottle-green 
  

   spots 
  disposed 
  on 
  the 
  larger 
  warts. 
  Usually, 
  in 
  Grerman 
  

   specimens, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  pale 
  green 
  or 
  bright 
  green 
  roundish 
  

   spots 
  between 
  the 
  shoulders. 
  Austrian 
  specimens 
  

   often 
  lack 
  the 
  green 
  colour, 
  and 
  Mehely 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  

   two 
  specimens 
  only, 
  out 
  of 
  fifty 
  collected 
  in 
  Hungary. 
  

   A 
  dark 
  streak 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  

   upper 
  lip 
  with 
  dark 
  vertical 
  bars 
  ; 
  limbs, 
  including 
  

   the 
  digits, 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  regular 
  dark 
  cross-bars. 
  

   Lower 
  parts 
  bluish-black, 
  usually 
  with 
  white 
  dots, 
  

   and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  numerous, 
  insuliform 
  or 
  vermicular, 
  

   bright 
  orange 
  to 
  vermilion 
  markings, 
  the 
  most 
  con- 
  

   stant 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  pectoral 
  spots 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  

   of 
  lumbar 
  cross-bars 
  : 
  the 
  latter 
  sometimes 
  nearlv 
  

   continuous, 
  like 
  a 
  belt 
  across 
  the 
  praepubic 
  region 
  ; 
  the 
  

   spots 
  sometimes 
  absent 
  on 
  the 
  throat 
  and 
  belly, 
  which 
  

   then 
  are 
  entirely 
  black, 
  dotted 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  

   white 
  spot 
  sometimes 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  chin. 
  A 
  large 
  

   bright 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  palmar, 
  and 
  

   another 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  plantar 
  surface; 
  

   these 
  spots 
  are 
  not 
  confluent 
  with 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  

   forearm 
  and 
  tarsus, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  

   the 
  inner 
  digit 
  ; 
  one 
  specimen, 
  from 
  Vienna, 
  is 
  excep- 
  

   tional 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  plantar 
  and 
  tarsal 
  spots 
  confluent 
  

   on 
  the 
  right 
  side. 
  The 
  tips 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  digits 
  black 
  or 
  

   yellowish-white, 
  never 
  bright 
  orange 
  or 
  red. 
  

  

  Iris 
  golden, 
  much 
  sprinkled 
  over 
  with 
  brown, 
  or 
  

   bronzy 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  golden 
  circle 
  round 
  the 
  pupil 
  ; 
  

   the 
  golden 
  border 
  broader 
  above 
  than 
  below 
  and 
  at 
  

   the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  pupil 
  round 
  with 
  a 
  lower 
  angle, 
  or 
  sub- 
  

   triangular, 
  rarely 
  notched 
  above 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   species, 
  — 
  in 
  fact, 
  perfectly 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  oiDiscoglossus, 
  

  

  Male 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  female 
  by 
  a 
  usually 
  

   somewhat 
  shorter 
  body, 
  a 
  rather 
  broader 
  head, 
  

   stronger 
  fore 
  limbs, 
  and 
  especially 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  

   a 
  pair 
  of 
  internal 
  vocal 
  sacs 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  

   floor 
  of 
  the 
  mouth, 
  which 
  is 
  loose 
  and 
  plicate, 
  and 
  

   projects 
  through 
  a 
  slit 
  dividing 
  the 
  submaxillary 
  

  

  