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Show 404 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON APODAL BATRACHIANS. [May 21, fchthyophis glutinosus, Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 138 (1847); Gray, Cat. p. 60 (1850); Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 931, pi. - . figs. 1 & 3 ; Bouleng. Cat. p. 89, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1882); Sarasin. Nat. Forsch. Ceylon, ii. (1887-1890) ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) v. 1887, p. 423, pi. iv. fig. 4, and Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 515 (1890). Ichthyophis beddomii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 932, pi. - . fig. 4. Southern India ; Ceylon; Eastern Himalayas ; Assam; Burma; Indo-China; Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra ; Borneo ; Java. *2. ICHTHYOPHIS MONOCHROUS. Ichthyophis glutinosus, var., Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 137 (1847). Epicrium monochroum, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xvi. 1858, p. 188; Giinth. Rept, Brit. Ind. p. 443 (1864). Ichthyophis monochrous, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 932; Bouleng. Cat. p. 91, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1882), and Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 517 (1890). Western Ghats of India, from Bombay to Travancore*; Sikkim ; Singapore; Sumatra ; Borneo; Java. 2. DERMOPHIS. Siphonops, part., Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 281 (1841); A. Dum. Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 317. Dermophis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 937; Bouleng. Cat. p. 97 (1882). Synopsis of the Species. I. Diameter of body 46 times in total length ; 170 folds ; tentacle in front of, and scarcely below, the eye 1. albiceps. II. Diameter of body 20 to 30 times in total length; 125- 170 folds. Snout rounded, as long as the distance between the eyes 2. mexicanus. Snout rounded, a little longer than the distance between the eyes 3. gregorii. Snout acuminate; the distance between tentacle and nostril four to five times that between tentacle and eye 4. thomensis. III. Diameter of body 19 times in total length ; 95 folds ... 5. crassus. *1. DERMOPHIS ALBICEPS. Dermophis albiceps, Bouleng. Cat. p. 98, pi. viii. fig. 1 (1882). Ecuador. *2. DERMOPHIS MEXICANUS. Siphonops mexicanus, Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 284 (1841); Gray, Cat. p. 59 (1850); A. Dum. Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 23, 1 A fine specimen from Maduvangand, Travancore, presented by Mr. H. S. Ferguson, measures 500 millim. |
