19. LIMNODTKASTES. 259 



Wagleria peronii, Oirard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 421. 

 Limuodyiiastes krefftii, Ounth. Ann. f Mag. N. H. (3) ii. p. 26 ; 



Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 2(5. 

 peronii, Kef erst. Gottmg. Naohr. 1867, p. 343, and Arch. f. 



Naturg. 1868, p. 257, pi 6. f. 1. 



Habit of Discoglossus. Tongue suboircular, slightly nicked be- 

 hind. Vomerine teeth in a straight or slightly arched, scarcely 

 interrupted series behind, ajid extending outwards beyond the 

 choanse. Snout blunt, much longer than the orbital diameter ; 

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

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum slightly 

 ■visible. First and second fingers equal ; three metacarpal tubercles ; 

 toes elongate, free, slightly fringed ; subartioular tubercles well 

 developed ; a small, blunt, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal 

 articulation reaches beyond the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, or 

 with very indistinct longitudinal folds on the back ; a glandular 

 fold from below the eye to the shoulder. Brownish or olive above, 

 with black spots confluent into longitudinal stripes on the back ; 

 frequently a light vertebral line ; a dark stripe from the tip of the 

 snout alpng the canthus rostralis, through the eye to the shoulder ; 

 beneath more or less speckled with brown. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac ; female with a fringe along the first and second fingers. 



Australia. 



2. Limnodynastes salminii. 



Limnodynastes salmini, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 27, pi. 4. 

 f. 12-16 ; Kef erst. Arch. f. Naturg. 1868, p. 259. 



Habit stout. Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Vome- 

 rine teeth in a straight, scarcely interrupted series behind, and ex- 

 tending outwards beyond the ohoanse. Snout rounded, a little 

 longer than the orbital diameter ; nostril equally distant from the 

 eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital space as broad as, or a 

 little broader, than, the upper eyelid ; tympanum slightly visible. 

 First finger a little longer than second ; a tubercle between the 

 first and second, and the second and third fingers ; three meta- 

 carpal tubercles ; toes rather short, free ; subarticular tubercles 

 well developed ; a small, blunt, inner metatarsal tubercle. The 

 hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-meta- 

 tarsal articulation reaches the eye, or between the eye and the 

 nostril. Skin smooth ; a glandular fold from below the eye to the 

 shoulder. Olive above, with round blackish spots ; a blackish 

 streak frojn the eye to the shoulder; three more or less distinct 



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