182 PELOBATIDiE. 



tips, which are slightly swolleu; subarticular tubercles 

 feeble or indistinct ; no tarsal fold; a small, rounded 

 inner metatarsal tubercle. 



Upper surfaces covered with more or less prominent 

 porous warts of unequal size ; the larger warts on the 

 back sometimes disposed in wavy longitudinal series ; 

 a strong glandular fold from the eye to above the 

 shoulder, passing above the tympanum, and sometimes 

 followed along each side of the body by a chain of 

 large warts. Lower surfaces smooth except the pos- 

 terior part of the belly and the thighs, which are 

 coarsely granulate. 



Greyish or pale greyish-olive above, with small iri^e- 

 gular dark olive, bottle-green, or bright green spots 

 (whence the name "Persille" by which this Batrachian 

 is known in some parts of France), which may be 

 confluent into more or less regular cross-bars on the 

 limbs ; between the eyes two oblique streaks of the 

 dark colour, converging backwards, are usually dis- 

 tinct; a dark streak extends from the tip of the snout 

 to the eye, involving the nostril, and often reappears 

 behind the eye along the supra-temporal fold ; two or 

 three dark vertical bars, sometimes broken up into 

 spots, on the upper lip ; the larger warts on the sides 

 sometimes orange or rusty red ; a light X-shaped 

 marking on the ground colour is usually more or less 

 distinct on the anterior part of the body, the anterior 

 branches extending to the upper eyelids, the posterior 

 to the sacral region. Lower parts white, often 

 yellowish on the limbs and rosy about the inguinal 

 region. Iris golden, more or less pigmented with 

 brown on the lower half, or bronzy-brown with a fine 

 pale golden border to the pupil. 



Male distinguished from the female by a shorter 

 body, longer and more robust fore limbs, a greater 

 development of the dermal borders of the toes, and 

 the presence of an internal vocal sac which communi- 

 cates with the mouth through a long slit on each side 

 of the tongue ; owing to the pigmentation of the vocal 



