19. lIMlfODYirABTES. 261 



Closely allied to L. tasmaniensis, from -whicli it differs by a nnich 

 depressed head, a shorter snout, the length of which equals the 

 orbital diameter, and longer hind limbs, the tarso-metatarsal 

 articulation reaching the tip' of the snout. 



S. Australia. 



a-J. d. Adelaide. G. Kreffi, Esq. [P.]. (Types.) 



5. Limuodynastes dorsalis. 



Limnodynastes dorsalis, Ounth. Cat. p. 33. 

 Cystignathus dorsalis, Gray, in Orey'a W. Austr. p. 466, and in 



Eyre^s Journ. Exped. Centr. Austr. i., App. p. 407, pi. 1. f. 2. 

 Wagleria dorsalis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Pliilad. 1853, p. 421. 

 Limnodynastes (Platyplectron) dumerilii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 



1863, p. 236. 

 Heliorana grayi, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 82, pi. 2. f. 11-14. 

 Platyplectrum superciliare, Keferst. Getting. Nachr. 1867, p. 346. 

 Heliorana superciliaris, Keferst, Arch. f. Naturg. 1868, p. 267, pi. 6. 



Limnodynastes dorsalis, Gilnth. Journ. Mus. Godeffi: xii. 1876, p. 47. 



Habit of Pelohates. Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in a straight, scarcely interrupted series behind, 

 and not extending outwards beyond the choanse. Snout rounded, 

 longer than the orbital diameter ; nostril equally distant from 

 the eye and the tip of the snout, or a little nearer the eye ; 

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very 

 indistinct. First and second fingers equal ; a tubercle between the 

 first and second, and the second and third fingers; toes rather 

 short, with a slight rudiment of web ; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed ; a large, shovel-shaped inner metatarsal tubercle. The 

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

 metatarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. Skin smooth, 

 or with flat glands on the back ; an elongated white gland from 

 beneath the eye to the shoulder ; a large parotoid-like gland on the 

 calf. Brown or olive above, darker marbled ; a broad dark streak 

 from the eye to the shoulder ; often a Light vertebral line ; beneath 

 immaculate, or more or less spotted with brown. Male with a 

 subgular vocal sac ; female with a fringe along the inner side of 

 the second, and frequently also the third finger. 



Australia. 



fl. cj. W. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 



6. Yg. W. Australia. 



c. cj. Houtmans Abrolhos. 



d-e,f-g.d,2, Adelaide. G. Kreffi, E.=iq. [P.]. 



&'hgr. 



h-l d, 2,^78- Queensland. G. Krefit, Esq. [P.]. 



m-n. (5$. Gayndah. Mus. Godeifroy. 



o-p. cJ ? ■ ^°^'* Essington". Dr. Fleming [P.]. 



* The stomach of the female contains a half-grown Heldoporus alho-guttatus. 



