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Show 552 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON LITTLE-KNOWN [May 5, teeth. The toes are not so strongly fringed in the male, and the fore limbs are more robust. The skeleton of Pelodytes punctatus is very peculiar. It was desirable to ascertain whether the new species conforms in this respect to the systematic position assigned to it. Tet it would have been a pity to damage in any way an unique specimen. Skeleton of Pelodytes caucasicus, from a sciagraph, upper and lower view. Thanks to the Edntgen rays, the difficulty was overcome, and I have much pleasure in introducing what I believe to be the first practical application to herpetology of this startling discovery. I wish to thank M r . J. William Gifford, who, through tbe mediation of m y friend Prof. Stewart, kindly undertook to photograph the specimen, and to w h o m I a m indebted for the sciagraph from which these figures are drawn. |
