2. BOMBINATOE. 3. LIOPELMA. 447 



1. Bombiuator ignens. 



Bom'binator igneus, Gunth. Cat. p. 41. 

 Rosel, Hist. Ban. p. 97, pis. 22 & 23. 

 Bana bombina, Linn. Fawn. Suec. p. 101, and S. JS". p. 365 ; Sturm, 



DeutscM. Faun. iii. 

 Bufo igneiis, Law: Syn. Sept. pp. 29 & 129; Schneid. Hist. Amph. 



p. 187 ; Latr. Rept. ii. p. 110 ; Qriff. An. Kingd. ix. p. 401. 

 Rana ignea, Shaw, Zool. ui. p. 116, pi. 35. 

 Bufo bombinus, Daud. Rain. p. 75, pi. 36, and Rept. viii. p. 146 



ScMnz, Faun. Helvet. p. 145. 

 Bombiuator igneus, Merr. I. c. ; Oravenh. Delic. p. 67 ; Cuv. E. A. 



Tschiidi, I. c. ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Bum. 8r Bihr. p. 487 ; Fatio. 



Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 368 ; Schreiber, Herp. Fur. p. 95 ; De Betta. 



Faun. Ital., Rett. Anf. p. 70 ; Lataste, Herp. Oir. p. 275 ; Leydig. 



An. Batr. p. 50 ; BaMaga, Zool. Anz. 1879, p. 664. 



bombina, Wagl. Syst. p. 206. 



brevipes, Blasius, Wirbelth. 



paobypus, {Fits.) Bonap. Faun. Ital. 



Vomerine teeth in a short interrupted series behind the choanse. 

 Habit stout. Snout short, rounded. Pirst finger shorter than 

 second ; two metacarpal tubercles ; toes more or less webbed ; a 

 small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches be- 

 tween the shoulder and the eye. Skin strongly warty above, 

 smooth, or nearly so, below. Olivo above, sometimes elegantly 

 marbled with black (spec, h-m ) ; beneath orange, marbled with 

 black. Male without vocal sac; during the breeding-season the 

 inner side of the forearm, of the inner metacarpal tubercle, and 

 of the two inner fingers furnished with black rugosities ; two small 

 patches of same under the second and third toes. 



Europe; Asia. 



a. c?. Goalar. Prof. Peters [P.]. 



6. Yg. Hanover. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 



c. 5 . France. 



d, e,f. 5 . Europe. 



g. Many spec, tj $ . Chefoo. B. Swinboe [C.]. 



hr-m. (S 2 • China. — Adams, Esq. [0.]. 



3. LIOPELMA. 



Liopelma, (Fitzing.) Steindachn. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xi. 1861, 

 p. 218. 



Pupil triangular. Tongue circular, entire, free behind. Vomerine 

 teeth. No tympanum nor eustachian tubes. Fingers free; toes 

 webbed, the tips not dUated. Outer metatarsals separated by web. 

 Wo omosternum ; sternum two slender diverging cartilaginous styles. 

 Diapophyses of sacral vertebra feebly dilated. Terminal phalanges 

 simple. 



New Zealand. 



