﻿PELODYTES. 
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  lines 
  of 
  crypts 
  whitisli 
  ; 
  caudal 
  crests 
  greyish, 
  with 
  

   blackish 
  spots 
  and 
  white 
  dots, 
  and 
  pale 
  metallic 
  spots. 
  

   Some 
  specimens, 
  however, 
  have 
  the 
  tail 
  almost 
  spot- 
  

   less 
  ; 
  in 
  others, 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  

   spotted, 
  but 
  always 
  less 
  abundantly 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  crest 
  

   than 
  on 
  the 
  upper. 
  Lower 
  parts 
  pale 
  grey 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   spots. 
  Tail 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  with 
  fine 
  

   black 
  decussating 
  lines. 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  at 
  St. 
  Eno- 
  

   gat, 
  in 
  Brittany, 
  a 
  colony 
  of 
  abnormal 
  tadpoles, 
  not 
  

   exceeding 
  40 
  mm. 
  in 
  length 
  when 
  fully 
  developed, 
  

   which 
  were 
  nearly 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  the 
  tail 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  decussating 
  lines 
  very 
  crowded, 
  

   the 
  belly 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  steel-blue, 
  and 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  

   crypts 
  quite 
  indistinct 
  (see 
  PI. 
  I, 
  fig. 
  8). 
  

  

  The 
  largest 
  tadpole 
  obtained 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  Brittany 
  

   measures 
  57 
  mm., 
  body 
  21, 
  width 
  of 
  body 
  15, 
  tail 
  36, 
  

   depth 
  of 
  tail 
  14. 
  One 
  from 
  Nice 
  measures 
  65 
  mm. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Pelodytes 
  punctatiis 
  inhabits 
  nearly 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  France, 
  from 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Brittany, 
  Nor- 
  

   mandy, 
  and 
  the 
  Pas-de- 
  Calais 
  to 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pyrenees 
  and 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  littoral. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  

   been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  North-eastern 
  Departments 
  Nord, 
  

   Ardennes, 
  and 
  Lorraine, 
  which 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  outside 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  limit 
  of 
  its 
  distribution. 
  The 
  only 
  localities 
  

   east 
  of 
  France 
  whence 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  as 
  yet 
  been 
  

   recorded 
  are 
  Castino 
  in 
  Southern 
  Piedmont, 
  and 
  Loano 
  

   in 
  Eastern 
  Liguria. 
  In 
  the 
  Pyrenean 
  peninsula 
  it 
  is 
  

   on 
  record 
  from 
  the 
  Portuguese 
  provinces 
  Minho, 
  

   Douro, 
  Alemtejo, 
  and 
  Algarve, 
  and 
  the 
  Spanish 
  pro- 
  

   vinces 
  New 
  Castillo, 
  Valencia, 
  and 
  Andalusia. 
  In 
  no 
  

   part 
  of 
  its 
  habitat 
  does 
  this 
  species 
  extend 
  to 
  any 
  

   considerable 
  altitude 
  ; 
  in 
  France 
  it 
  avoids 
  the 
  central 
  

   plateau, 
  and 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Pyrenees, 
  

   although 
  inhabiting 
  Spain. 
  The 
  highest 
  recorded 
  

   altitude 
  is 
  1450 
  feet 
  at 
  Castino, 
  Piedmont. 
  

  

  The 
  specimens, 
  male 
  and 
  female, 
  figured 
  on 
  PI. 
  VIII, 
  

   are 
  from 
  Nice, 
  received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  de 
  Bedriaga. 
  

  

  