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Show 1869.] MR. ST. GEORGE MIVART ON ANUROUS BATRACHIANS. 293 with two condyles ; terminal phalanges curved, sharp-pointed, swollen at the base, hyloid; ethmoid never covered by fronto-parietals. Genera:-Acris, North America; Leiylal (Keferstein), Costa Rica. Subfam. 3. H Y L O D I N A . Arciform cartilages present; vertebrae procoelian ; coccyx separate, attached to two condyles ; manubrium wanting, or cartilaginous ; terminal phalanges with a transverse limb (Strabomantisl), not hyloid. Genera:-Elosia, Neotropical region; Epirhexis, Neotropical; Phyllobates, Neotropical; Hylodes, Neotropical; Cropodactylus, Neotropical; Strabomantis (?), Neotropical. Subfam. 4. CALOSTETHINA. Precoracoids present, but no arciform cartilages; xiphisternum and manubrium wanting ; terminal phalanges with transverse limb ; no vomerine teeth. Calostethidce, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. 2nd ser. vol. vi. pt. 2. Genus Calostethus, Neotropia. Fam. XIII. HANIDAE. A tympanum, cavum tympani, and eustachian tubes present; transverse processes of sacral vertebra not dilated; no parotoid glands; tongue fixed in front; arciform cartilages present or absent; digits not dilated at the tips. Answers to the Ranidce and Cystignathidee of Dr. Giinther. Cosmopolitan. Subfam. 1. R A N I N A . N o arciform cartilages; manubrium with a strong bony style; xiphisternum similar; no fronto-parietal fontanelle; no mandibular teeth. Genera:-Rana, all regions except the Australian region ; Odon- .ophrynus, Neotropical; Dicroglossus, Indian ; Oxyylossus, Indian ; Phrynobatrachus, Ethiopian; Hoplobatrachus, Indian; Phryno-glossus (? skeletal characters unknown, but otherwise very like Oxy-glossus) ; Clinotarsus (skeletal characters unknown), 1 Subfam. 2. CYSTIGNATHINA. Arciform cartilages present; manubrium wanting or cartilaginous (except Limnocharis) ; a styloid osseous xiphisternum with a cartilaginous disk ; sometimes a fronto-parietal fontanelle ; no mandibular teeth. Genera:-Pseudis, Neotropical region ; Pithecopsis, Neotropical; Mixophyes, Australian ; Pyxicephalus, Ethiopian and Indian ; Ceratophrys, Neotropical; Zacheenus, 1; Platyplectrum, Australian ; Neobatrachus, Australian ; Cyclorhamphus, Neotropical; Limnody-nastes, Australian; Crinia, Australian; Eusophleus, Neotropical; Pleurodema, Neotropical; Leiuperus, Neotropical j Hylorhina,Neo- PROC ZOOL. SOC.-1869, No. XX. |
