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Show 1869.] MR. ST. GEORGE MIVART ON ANUROUS BATRACHIANS. 289 cesses of sacral vertebra dilated ; parotoid glands present; tongue free behind ; digits not dilated, toes more or less webbed. Cosmopolitan, except Australia. Subfam. 1. KALOPHRYNINA. No arciform cartilages; precoracoids present; prefrontals fully developed, forming suture with each other and fronto-parietals ; skin of the back forming one large flat parotoid. East-Indian islands. Genus Kalophrynus, Indian region. Subfam. 2. BUFONINA. Arciform cartilages ; precoracoids present; parotoids normal, prominent. Cosmopolitan, except Australia. Genera :-Bufo, cosmopolitan, except Australia ; Otilophus, Neotropical region; Peltaphryne, Neotropical region; Pseudobufo, East- Indian archipelago; Schismaderma, Ethiopian. Fam. V. XENORHINIDAE. A tympanum and cavum tympani; two eustachian tubas ; processes of sacral vertebra dilated; no parotoid glands; tongue entirely attached behind, free in front; digits all free, but only the toes provided with disks ; tympanum distinct, large; no tarsal tubercle ; habit of Engystoma. New Guinea. See Peters, Berlin. Monats. 1863, p. 82. Bombinator oxycephalus, Schlegel, Handleiding tot de beolfening der Dierkunde, ii. p. 58, tab. iv. fig. 74. Genus Xenorhina, Australian region. Fam. VI. ENGYSTOMIDAE. A tympanum and cavum tympani; two eustachian tubes ; processes of sacral vertebra dilated; no parotoid glands ; tongue fixed in front; digital disks present or absent. African, Indian, Neotropical, and Australian regions. Includes Engystomidee, Rhinodermatidee, Brachymeridee, and Hyleedactylidee of Dr. Giinther, Cat. of Bat. Salientia, Synopsis, pp. 8 & 9. • Subfam 1. ENGYSTOMINA. Coracoidei abutting; no precoracoids; no arciform cartilages. Engystomidee of Cope, I. c. pp. 190 & 191. Genera :-Engystoma, Neotropical region ; Diplopelma, Indian region; Cacopus (Systoma), Indian; Glyphoglossus, Indian; Callula, Indian ; Brachymerus, Ethiopian ; Adenomera, Neotropical; Pachybatrachus (1), Australia. Subfam. 2. BREVICIPITINA. Coracoidei abutting ; precoracoids present; no arciform cartilages. |