﻿BAN 
  A. 
  301 
  

  

  and 
  at 
  Sultan 
  ia 
  in 
  N.W. 
  Persia, 
  but 
  confounded 
  with 
  

   B. 
  arvalis. 
  I 
  described 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  from 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  obtained 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Oscar 
  Schneider 
  at 
  Lake 
  Tali- 
  

   zhuri, 
  8000 
  feet, 
  and 
  at 
  Achalkalki, 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  

   It 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  re-discovered 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Transcaucasia 
  and 
  Armenia, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  recently 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Radde 
  a 
  specimen 
  captured 
  in 
  Europe, 
  

   at 
  Kurush, 
  Daghestan, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  8000 
  feet. 
  A 
  

   young 
  specimen 
  from 
  Albistan, 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  previously 
  

   referred 
  to 
  B. 
  arvalis, 
  also 
  belongs 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  

   others 
  likewise 
  from 
  the 
  Cilician 
  Taurus 
  (8000 
  feet) 
  

   have 
  been 
  described 
  as 
  B. 
  holtzi. 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  specimens, 
  male 
  and 
  half-grown, 
  figured 
  

   on 
  PL 
  XIX, 
  are 
  from 
  Kasikoporan, 
  6500 
  feet, 
  in 
  

   Western 
  Armenia, 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  G. 
  Radde. 
  

  

  16. 
  Pan 
  a 
  temporaria.* 
  

   (Plates 
  XX 
  and 
  XXL) 
  

  

  Rosel, 
  Hist. 
  Ran., 
  p. 
  1, 
  pis. 
  i 
  — 
  viii 
  (1758). 
  

  

  Rana 
  temporaria, 
  part., 
  Linnaeus, 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  p. 
  357 
  (1766) 
  ; 
  

   Daudin, 
  Hist. 
  Rain. 
  Gren. 
  Crap., 
  p. 
  46 
  (1803), 
  and 
  Hist. 
  

   Rept., 
  viii, 
  p. 
  94 
  (1803) 
  ; 
  Dumeril 
  & 
  Bibron, 
  Erp. 
  Gen., 
  viii, 
  

   p. 
  358 
  (1841) 
  ; 
  Middendorff, 
  Reise, 
  ii, 
  p. 
  247, 
  pi. 
  xxvi, 
  fig. 
  1 
  

   (1853); 
  Gunther, 
  Cat. 
  Batr. 
  Sal., 
  p. 
  16 
  (1858); 
  Schreiber, 
  

   Herp. 
  Eur., 
  p. 
  125 
  (1875) 
  ; 
  De 
  Betta, 
  Atti 
  1st. 
  Venet. 
  (6), 
  iv, 
  

   1885, 
  p. 
  45. 
  

  

  Rana 
  muta, 
  Lauren 
  ti, 
  Syn. 
  Rept., 
  p. 
  30 
  (1768) 
  ; 
  Camerano, 
  Mem. 
  

   Ace. 
  Torin. 
  (2), 
  xxxv, 
  1883, 
  p. 
  257, 
  pi. 
  i, 
  figs. 
  9 
  & 
  10; 
  Borelli, 
  

   Boll. 
  Mus. 
  Torin., 
  i, 
  1886, 
  No. 
  14 
  ; 
  Bedriaga, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  

   Mosc., 
  1889, 
  p. 
  278; 
  Diirigen, 
  Deutschl. 
  Amph., 
  p. 
  437, 
  pi. 
  

   iii, 
  fig. 
  4 
  (1897). 
  

  

  Rana 
  rufa, 
  Lacepede, 
  Quadr. 
  Ov., 
  i, 
  Syn. 
  Meth. 
  & 
  p. 
  528 
  (1788). 
  

  

  Rana 
  temporaria, 
  Bonnaterre, 
  Tabl. 
  Encycl. 
  Meth., 
  Erp., 
  p. 
  3 
  

   (1789); 
  Schneider, 
  Hist. 
  Amph., 
  i, 
  p. 
  113 
  (1799); 
  Graven- 
  

   horst, 
  Delic. 
  Mus. 
  Vratisl., 
  p. 
  38 
  (1829) 
  ; 
  Bonaparte, 
  Icon. 
  

  

  * 
  I 
  use 
  the 
  name 
  temporaria 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  species, 
  although 
  the 
  

   diagnosis 
  in 
  the 
  'Fauna 
  Suecica' 
  was 
  evidently 
  drawn 
  up 
  from 
  R. 
  

   arvalis, 
  because 
  Linnseus 
  confounded 
  the 
  two 
  species, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  

   are 
  common 
  in 
  Sweden, 
  as 
  is 
  perfectly 
  clear 
  from 
  the 
  synonymy 
  given 
  

   in 
  the 
  ' 
  Systema 
  Naturae.' 
  The 
  first 
  author 
  who 
  split 
  up 
  the 
  Linnean 
  

   species, 
  Nilsson, 
  elected 
  to 
  retain 
  the 
  old 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  one, 
  which 
  

   may 
  therefore 
  bear 
  it 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  law 
  of 
  priority. 
  

  

  