﻿210 
  PELOBATID^. 
  

  

  brown 
  spots 
  ; 
  caudal 
  crests 
  greyisb^ 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   distinctly 
  spotted 
  or 
  freckled 
  with 
  brown. 
  

  

  The 
  coloration 
  in 
  life 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  Lataste 
  as 
  

   reddish-yellow 
  above, 
  greyish 
  or 
  bluish-white 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   tail 
  with 
  small 
  brown 
  spots. 
  Some 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago 
  

   I 
  saw 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  large 
  specimens 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  tank 
  in 
  

   the 
  Botanic 
  Gardens 
  at 
  Bordeaux. 
  My 
  recollection 
  

   is 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  pale 
  brown, 
  without 
  distinct 
  

   markings. 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  100 
  mm, 
  ; 
  body 
  39 
  ; 
  tail 
  61 
  ; 
  depth 
  of 
  

   tail 
  25. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Duges 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  may 
  equal 
  

   a 
  hen's 
  egg. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  France, 
  Spain, 
  and 
  Portugal. 
  In 
  France 
  

   this 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  

   to 
  a 
  little 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Loire, 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  southern 
  departments 
  Haute-Garonne, 
  Pyrenees- 
  

   Orientales, 
  Aude, 
  Herault, 
  Gard, 
  Bouches-du-Rhone, 
  

   and 
  Yaucluse 
  ; 
  in 
  Spain 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  Galicia, 
  

   Estremadura, 
  New 
  Castille, 
  Valencia, 
  Andalusia 
  ; 
  and 
  

   in 
  Portugal 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  Douro 
  and 
  Algarve. 
  It 
  

   probably 
  occurs, 
  as 
  stated 
  by 
  Bosca, 
  all 
  round 
  the 
  

   coasts 
  of 
  the 
  Pyrenean 
  Peninsula. 
  

  

  The 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Pelohates 
  cAiUri^es 
  in 
  

   Syria 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  confusion 
  with 
  an 
  allied 
  species, 
  

   Pelohates 
  syrlacus^ 
  to 
  which 
  allusion 
  is 
  made 
  above, 
  

   p. 
  192. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  specimens 
  figured 
  on 
  PI. 
  X 
  were 
  obtained 
  

   near 
  Bordeaux 
  by 
  M. 
  F. 
  Lataste. 
  

  

  PRINTED 
  BY 
  ADLARD 
  AND 
  SON, 
  

   BARTHOLOMEW 
  CLOSE, 
  E.G., 
  AND 
  20 
  HANOVEE 
  SQUARE, 
  W. 
  

  

  