Zoology.] NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. [Reptiles. 



Plate 53. 

 KANOIDEA AUREA (Less. sp.). 

 The Green and Golden Bell-Frog. 



[Genus RANOLDEA (Tschudi). (Sub-kingd. Vertebrata. Class Reptilia. Order Batrachia. 

 Sub-ord. Anoura. Section Opisthoglossa. Earn. Hylidae.) 



Gen. Char. — Vomerine teeth forming two small groups between the. inner nostrils. Tongue 

 rounded, about one-third or less of its length free, very slightly notched behind. Ear-drum 

 large, distinct. Eustachian tubes large ; fingers and toes depressed, each terminated by a small 

 oval disc, toes webbed, fingers not webbed. A subgular vocal sac in the male. Abdomen and 

 under side of thighs glandulous ; ends of transverse processes of sacral vertebrae not dilated. 

 Australia.] 



Description. — Form: body broad, ovate, depressed; head semielliptical, longer 

 than broad, flattened above in front, concave between the very prominent eyes, which 

 are less than the diameter of orbits apart; nostrils small, a little nearer the front edge 

 of snout than edge of eye ; ear-drum large, oval, nearly as long as the diameter of 

 iris ; about one-fifth of the length of the tongue free, very slightly notched behind. 

 Legs stout, well developed ; fingers with a slight membranous border, depressed, 

 free from web ; terminal discs small, suboval ; a conspicuous glandular tubercle under 

 each joint; 3rd finger longest, inner one shortest, swollen, and with a large trans- 

 verse soft tubercle at base, palm of the hand crowded with coarse glandular tubercles ; 

 soles of hind feet smooth, toes slender, with small terminal discs, smaller than 

 those of the fingers, and a smaller tubercle under each joint, a larger oblique tubercle 

 at base of inner toe ; webs extending to the terminal tubercles of all the toes except 

 the 4th or longest one, which is only webbed to the penultimate joint; a narrow 

 membranous ridge extends along the inner lower edge of the tarsus ; sides, abdomen, 

 under side of arms, tarsus, and hinder part of thighs on under side closely covered 

 with small, crowded, glandular tubercles ; front of head, cheeks, and midline of 

 back smooth, about 4 irregular lines of large tubercles on each side of back, varying 

 in size, shape, and disposition ; a thick, tubercular, glandular ridge of a yellow color 

 along each side of the body, extending from the middle of the snout over each eye 

 and ear-drum, converging again at posterior end of body; smaller one from angle 

 of mouth to shoulder. There are about 30 minute teeth in a single row on each 

 side of upper jaw, and about 6 vomerine teeth in a little transverse group on each 

 side, very slightly separated in the middle, and extending close to inner edge of the 

 internal nostrils. Color: usually a brilliant verdigris- or pea-green above, and 

 pearly-, purplish-, or brownish-white below ; the soles of the feet and palms of the 

 hands purplish-grey ; hinder part of thighs and hind legs rust} r -orange, with lighter 

 glandular granules ; a black streak extends from the nostril to the eye, and extend- 

 ing from behind the eye over the ear-drum, a variable way down the side, under the 

 glandular yellow lateral streak, sending off a branch towards back of shoulder ; 

 above this constant black streak is an equally constant yellow one, the two lateral 

 ones beginning at one point near middle of front edge of snout, diverging thence 

 over the eye and extending along the sides of back, with thickened prominences, 

 converging towards hind end of body ; a similar yellow streak extends to angle of 

 mouth, along upper lip, from about the vertical of the nostril ; besides this lateral 



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