pelobates

[Gr. pēlobates =a mud-walker: pēlos mud, and bainō =to walk.] Zool . The typical genus of the family Pelobatide (q. v.). The tongue it free behind, webs complete in the feet. Pelobates fusc us is common in France; it jumps, but also burrows in the mud. pē-lô-băt-i-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Latin pelobat ( es ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zool .: A family of Oxy dactyl a, intermediate between the Bufonide and the Ranide. Skin more or le warty or glandular, teeth in upper jaw. Most of them terrestrial, seeking the water only for ovu lati on. Chief genera: Pelobates, Alytes, and Bomb in at or, distributed over central and southern Europe.