12. PALITDICOLA. 



231 



2. Paludicola Mbronii. 



Pleiirodema bibrnni, vars. A & C, Oiinth. Cat. p. 31. 

 Pleurodema bibroni, Tschvdi, Batr. p. 86 ; CHrard, U.S. Expl. 



Mxped., Herp.^. 38, pi. 4. f. 33-38 ; E^ada, Viaj. Pacif., Vert. p. 87. 

 Cystignattus bibroni, Bum. 4" Bibr. p. 410, pi. 87. f. 2 ; Quicken, in 



Gay, Oiile, Mept. p. 96, pL 7. f. 1. 

 Pleurodema darwinii, BeU, Zool. Beagle, Sept. p. 36, pi. 17. f. 3; 



Hensel, Arch. f. Naturg. 1867, p. 133. 

 elegans, BeU, I. c. p. 37, pi. 17. f. 4 ; Qirard, I. c. p. 40, pi. 4. 



I. 28—32. 

 Oystignatlius elegans, Guichen. 1. c. p. 101. 



Lower surface of foot. 



Tongue subcircular, entire or indistinctly nicked behind. Vome- 

 rine teeth, in two small oblique groups between the choanse. Snout 

 rounded, slightly longer than the greatest orbital diameter ; nostril 

 equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital 

 Bpace generally narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum indis- 

 tinct or quite hidden. Pingers moderate, first not extending beyond 

 second; toes moderate, with a rudimentary web extending as a 

 fringe along their sides ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a small 

 oval inner, and a small rounded, sometimes oval, outer metatarsal 

 tubercle, both very distinct. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches hardly the tym- 

 panum. Skin smooth, or with small warts above ; a very prominent 

 oval lumbar gland, generally larger than the eyebaU. Greyish or 

 olive above, marbled with brown ; lumbar gland black and white ; 

 sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; anterior half of the male's throat 

 black. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



S. America. 



b. Several spec: J , 

 hgr., & yg. 



c-d,e,f,g,h-i. J & 



hgr. 

 h. S. 



I. 2. 



m. $. 



n, o-q, r-s. d , 5 , & 

 hgr. 



Maldonado. 



Talcahuano. 



Chili. 



Chiloe. 



Chiloe. 



Shores of the Pacific 



Ocean. 

 S. America. 



C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 

 (Type of P. darwinii.) 

 Dr. Cunningham [0.]. 



C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 

 (Type of C. elegans.) 



C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 



