248 BATRACHIA. 



back with or without tubercles ; upper eyelid wrinkled or 

 smooth. 



Length of the body, about 2| inches. 



Upper surface grey or reddish, with or without dark 

 marblings; a yellow streak runs along the back; the flanks, 

 shoulders, and upper part of the thighs often speckled with 

 red ; lower parts white, or else with black spots, or flexuous 

 black lines ; the spur yellowish or brown, never black, as 

 in the next species. 



Its croak resembles that of the R. viridis or esculenta. 

 If the thigh be pressed, the frog utters a cry, and gives out 

 an odour of garlic, sometimes so strong and pungent as to 

 affect the eyes. Lays long chains of eggs in March and 

 April, held together by a glutinous matter ; the tadpoles 

 remain long in the water as such, their growth being slower. 

 than that of most frogs. 



It is found in France near Paris, in ponds between 

 Pontin and Bondy; in Alsace, and other plaees in the 

 north of that country. In Belgium, it has occurred at 

 Antwerp near Fort Carnot. Occurs, but not commonly, 

 in Gallicia, the Bukovina, Silesia, and Carniola, and pro- 

 bably in the North of Italy. 



Pelobates cultripes. 



Pelobates cultripes, Dum. et Bib. vol. viii. p. 4S3; Ceespon, Faun. 



M6rid. vol. ii. 

 Cultripes provincialis, Schinz, Europ. Faun. vol. ii. p. 70. 



Description. — Differs from the preceding in having the 

 whole of the upper part and sides of the head rough, ex- 

 cept the top of the nose and the eyelids, and in the flat- 

 ness of the top of the head ; the spurs are rather more 

 robust, and always of a deep black colour, never brown or 

 yellow. 



Length of the body, about 2\ inches. 



