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  PELOBATID^. 
  

  

  tips, 
  whicli 
  are 
  slightly 
  swollen; 
  subarticular 
  tubercles 
  

   feeble 
  or 
  indistinct 
  ; 
  no 
  tarsal 
  fold 
  ; 
  a 
  small, 
  rounded 
  

   inner 
  metatarsal 
  tubercle. 
  

  

  Upper 
  surfaces 
  covered 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  |)rominent 
  

   porous 
  warts 
  of 
  unequal 
  size 
  ; 
  the 
  larger 
  warts 
  on 
  the 
  

   back 
  sometimes 
  disposed 
  in 
  wavy 
  longitudinal 
  series 
  ; 
  

   a 
  strong 
  glandular 
  fold 
  from 
  the 
  eye 
  to 
  above 
  the 
  

   shoulder, 
  passing 
  above 
  the 
  tympanum, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  

   followed 
  along 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  by 
  a 
  chain 
  of 
  

   large 
  warts. 
  Lower 
  surfaces 
  smooth 
  except 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  belly 
  and 
  the 
  thighs, 
  which 
  are 
  

   coarsely 
  granulate. 
  

  

  Grreyish 
  or 
  pale 
  greyish-olive 
  above, 
  with 
  small 
  irre- 
  

   gular 
  dark 
  olive, 
  bottle-green, 
  or 
  bright 
  green 
  spots 
  

   (whence 
  the 
  name 
  ''Persille" 
  by 
  which 
  this 
  Batrachian 
  

   is 
  known 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  France), 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   confluent 
  into 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  regular 
  cross-bars 
  on 
  the 
  

   limbs; 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  two 
  oblique 
  streaks 
  of 
  the 
  

   dark 
  colour, 
  converging 
  backwards, 
  are 
  usually 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  streak 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  

   to 
  the 
  eye, 
  involving 
  the 
  nostril, 
  and 
  often 
  reappears 
  

   behind 
  the 
  eye 
  aloug 
  the 
  supra-temporal 
  fold; 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  dark 
  vertical 
  bars, 
  sometimes 
  broken 
  up 
  into 
  

   spots, 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  lip 
  ; 
  the 
  larger 
  warts 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  

   sometimes 
  orange 
  or 
  rusty 
  red 
  ; 
  a 
  light 
  X-shaped 
  

   marking 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  colour 
  is 
  usually 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   distinct 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  the 
  auterior 
  

   branches 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  eyelids, 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   to 
  the 
  sacral 
  region. 
  Lower 
  parts 
  white, 
  often 
  

   yellowish 
  on 
  the 
  limbs 
  and 
  rosy 
  about 
  the 
  inguinal 
  

   region. 
  Iris 
  golden, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pigmented 
  with 
  

   brown 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  half, 
  or 
  bronzy-brown 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  

   pale 
  golden 
  border 
  to 
  the 
  pupil. 
  

  

  Male 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  female 
  by 
  a 
  shorter 
  

   body, 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  robust 
  fore 
  limbs, 
  a 
  greater 
  

   dev^elopment 
  of 
  the 
  dermal 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  toes, 
  and 
  

   the 
  presence 
  of 
  an 
  internal 
  vocal 
  sac 
  which 
  communi- 
  

   cates 
  with 
  the 
  mouth 
  through 
  a 
  long 
  slit 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  tongue 
  ; 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  pigmentation 
  of 
  the 
  vocal 
  

  

  