﻿PELODYTES. 
  

  

  181 
  

  

  Fig. 
  67. 
  

  

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   & 
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  x 
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  1880, 
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   p. 
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  1886, 
  No. 
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  Yan 
  Bambeke, 
  Arch. 
  Biol., 
  ix, 
  1889, 
  p. 
  277, 
  

   pi. 
  XX, 
  figs. 
  5— 
  12; 
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  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Mosc, 
  1889, 
  

   p. 
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   Amph. 
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  SuppL, 
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  & 
  

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   Pelodytes 
  daudini, 
  Bosca, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Zool. 
  France, 
  1880, 
  p. 
  255. 
  

  

  Vomerine 
  teetli 
  in 
  two 
  short 
  transverse 
  or 
  slightly 
  

   oblique 
  series 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  borders 
  of 
  

   the 
  choPvnse 
  ; 
  these 
  series 
  either 
  close 
  

   together 
  or 
  nearer 
  the 
  choan^e 
  than 
  

   each 
  other. 
  Tongue 
  large, 
  circular, 
  

   entire 
  or 
  feebly 
  nicked 
  behind. 
  

  

  Head 
  much 
  depressed, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   broad 
  or 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  long 
  ; 
  

   snout 
  rounded, 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   mouth, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  

   orbit; 
  canthus 
  rostralis 
  rounded 
  ; 
  loreal 
  

   region 
  grooved; 
  nostril 
  midway 
  between 
  

   the 
  eye 
  and 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  

   nearer 
  the 
  latter 
  ; 
  eye 
  large, 
  prominent 
  ; 
  interorbital 
  

   space 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  upper 
  

   eyelid, 
  and 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  nostrils; 
  

   tympanum 
  usually 
  moderately 
  distinct, 
  sometimes 
  

   hidden, 
  one-lialf 
  to 
  three-fifths 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  eye. 
  

  

  Fingers 
  rather 
  elongate, 
  somewhat 
  swollen 
  at 
  the 
  

   end, 
  third 
  much 
  the 
  longest, 
  first 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   second, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  fourth 
  ; 
  basal 
  

   subarticular 
  tubercles 
  distinct; 
  three 
  palmar 
  tubercles, 
  

   median 
  smallest 
  and 
  circular. 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  rather 
  slender 
  ; 
  the 
  tibio-tarsal 
  articu- 
  

   lation 
  reaches 
  the 
  eye 
  or 
  between 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  the 
  

   nostril 
  ; 
  tibia 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  femur, 
  the 
  heels 
  

   overlapping 
  when 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  folded 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  

   to 
  the 
  rhachis. 
  Foot 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  tibia 
  ; 
  toes 
  slender, 
  webbed 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  

   web 
  extending 
  as 
  a 
  fringe 
  along 
  each 
  side 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  Open 
  mouth. 
  

  

  