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  South-eastern 
  Europe, 
  in 
  South-western 
  Asia, 
  and 
  in 
  

   North 
  Africa, 
  and 
  has 
  more 
  than 
  once 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  

   erroneous 
  statements 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  B. 
  

   calamita. 
  It 
  also 
  seems 
  as 
  if 
  this 
  line 
  were 
  occasionally 
  

   absent 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  species 
  only 
  in 
  those 
  countries 
  

   where 
  B. 
  viridis 
  does 
  not 
  exist. 
  In 
  Eastern 
  Asia, 
  

   where 
  neither 
  B. 
  viridis 
  nor 
  B. 
  calamita, 
  nor 
  any 
  other 
  

   species 
  with 
  such 
  a 
  line 
  occurs, 
  the 
  same 
  character 
  is 
  

   assumed 
  by 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  B. 
  vulgaris, 
  which 
  thus 
  

   take 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  their 
  absent 
  congeners 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  this 
  

   conspicuous 
  marking 
  is 
  concerned. 
  

  

  Male 
  distinguished 
  by 
  much 
  stronger 
  fore 
  limbs, 
  a 
  

   large 
  callosity 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  finger, 
  

   fuller 
  webs 
  between 
  the 
  toes, 
  a 
  small, 
  feebly 
  pigmented 
  

   internal 
  vocal 
  sac, 
  and, 
  during 
  the 
  breeding 
  season, 
  

   blackish 
  horny 
  excrescences 
  forming 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner-upper 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  inner 
  fingers 
  and 
  the 
  

   inner 
  carpal 
  tubercle 
  ; 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  this 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  finger 
  is 
  much 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  other 
  

   species 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  and 
  is 
  borne 
  on 
  a 
  pad 
  having 
  

   some 
  resemblance 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Rana 
  temjporaria. 
  

  

  jVIeasukements 
  (in 
  millimetres), 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  

  1. 
  

  

  2. 
  

  

  3. 
  

  

  4. 
  

  

  5. 
  

  

  6. 
  

  

  7. 
  

  

  8. 
  

  

  From 
  snout 
  to 
  vent 
  

  

  71 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  82. 
  

  

  .72 
  . 
  

  

  ..77 
  . 
  

  

  ..79 
  . 
  

  

  ..85. 
  

  

  ..87 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  93 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  head 
  

  

  18 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  19. 
  

  

  .17 
  . 
  

  

  ..18 
  . 
  

  

  ..17 
  . 
  

  

  ..20. 
  

  

  ..20 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  21 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  head 
  

  

  25 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  27. 
  

  

  .24 
  . 
  

  

  ..27 
  . 
  

  

  ..26 
  . 
  

  

  ..30. 
  

  

  .30 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  30 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  

  

  7 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  7.. 
  

  

  . 
  7 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  7 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  7 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  8. 
  

  

  . 
  8 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  8 
  

  

  Interorbital 
  width 
  

  

  4 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  5.. 
  

  

  . 
  5 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  5 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  5 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  5. 
  

  

  . 
  6 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  6 
  

  

  From 
  eye 
  to 
  nostril 
  

  

  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  5. 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  5 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  6. 
  

  

  . 
  5 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  6 
  

  

  „ 
  end 
  of 
  snout 
  

  

  9 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  10. 
  

  

  . 
  8 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  9 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  9 
  . 
  

  

  ..10. 
  

  

  .10 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  10 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  tympanum 
  

  

  35. 
  

  

  . 
  4. 
  

  

  . 
  3-5. 
  

  

  .. 
  35. 
  

  

  .. 
  35. 
  

  

  .. 
  4. 
  

  

  . 
  3-5.. 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  parotoid 
  

  

  15 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  17.. 
  

  

  .15 
  . 
  

  

  ..16 
  . 
  

  

  ..19 
  . 
  

  

  ..18. 
  

  

  .13 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  18 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  parotoid 
  . 
  

  

  7 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  8. 
  

  

  . 
  7 
  . 
  

  

  ..11 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  9 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  8. 
  

  

  . 
  9 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  8 
  

  

  Fore 
  limb 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  45 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  51. 
  

  

  .44 
  . 
  

  

  ..45 
  . 
  

  

  ..45 
  . 
  

  

  ..46. 
  

  

  .40 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  53 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  . 
  

  

  90 
  . 
  

  

  .104. 
  

  

  .87 
  . 
  

  

  ..94 
  . 
  

  

  ..89 
  . 
  

  

  ..93. 
  

  

  .80 
  .. 
  

  

  .105 
  

  

  Tibia 
  

  

  27 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  31. 
  

  

  .26 
  . 
  

  

  ..27 
  . 
  

  

  ..26 
  . 
  

  

  ..27. 
  

  

  .26 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  31 
  

  

  Foot 
  

  

  . 
  34 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  36. 
  

  

  .30 
  . 
  

  

  ..32 
  . 
  

  

  ..31 
  . 
  

  

  ..33. 
  

  

  .30 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  38 
  

  

  1. 
  Verona 
  : 
  de 
  Betta. 
  

  

  2. 
  Athens: 
  Smith 
  Woodward. 
  

  

  3. 
  Duirat, 
  Tunisia: 
  Anderson. 
  

  

  4. 
  R. 
  Hi 
  : 
  Lansdell. 
  

  

  5. 
  Berlin 
  : 
  Boulenger. 
  

  

  6. 
  Szamos 
  Ujvar, 
  Hungary: 
  Mehely 
  

  

  7. 
  Ghardaia, 
  Algeria 
  : 
  Lataste. 
  

  

  8. 
  Dead 
  Sea: 
  Tristram. 
  

  

  