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Show 412 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON APODAL BATRACHIANS. [May 21, Synopsis of the Species. Tentacle in front of and below the eye, which is perfectly distinct; diameter of body 20 to 25 times in total length ; 85-95 circular folds, all complete 1. annulatus. Tentacle in front of and below the eye, which is perfectly distinct; diameter of body 32 times in total length ; 110-115 circular folds, all complete 2. paulensis. Tentacle in front of and below the eye, which is very indistinct; diameter of body 46 times in total length ; 133 circular folds, mostly interrupted on the dorsal and ventral lines 3. brasiliensis. Tentacle in front of and close to the eye, and very slightly below it; eye more or less distinct; diameter of body 36 or 37 times in total length ; 100-104 circular folds, all complete. 4. hardyi. *1. SIPHONOPS ANNULATUS. Ccecilia annulata, Mikan, Delect. Flor. Faun. Bras. p. - , pi. - (1820); Spix, Serp. Bras. p. 74, pi. xxvi. fig. 1 (1824). Siphonops annulatus, Wagl. Isis, 1828, p. 740, pi. x. figs. 1, 2 : Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 282, pi. lxxxv. fig. 1 (1841); A. Dum. Mem! Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 317 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 940; Bouleng. Cat. p. 102, pi. viii. fig. 4 (1882). Siphonops interrupta, Gray, Cat. p. 59 (1850). Guianas ; Brazil; Ecuador; Peru. *2. SIPHONOPS PAULENSIS. Siphonops paulensis, Boettg. Kat. Batr. Senck. Ges. p. 62 (1892). S. Paulo, Brazil. 3. SIPHONOPS BRASILIENSIS. Siphonops brasiliensis, Liitk. Vid. Meddel. 1851, p. 54 (1852); Reinh. & Liitk. Vid. Meddel. 1861, p. 202; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) viii. 1891, p. 457. Dermophis ? brasiliensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 938; Bouleng. Cat. p. 99 (1882). Brazil. *4. SIPHONOPS HARDYI. (Plate XXIV. fig. 3.) Siphonops hardyi, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) i. 1888, p. 189, and viii. 1891, p. 457. Porto Real, Prov. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 14. BDELLOPHIS, g. n. Squamosals separated from the parietals. A single series of teeth in the lower jaw. Tentacle obtusely conical, exsertile, surrounded by a circular groove, in front of and below the eye, twice as distant from the nostril as from the eye. Body much flattened. No scales. *1. BDELLOPHIS VITTATUS, sp. n. (Plate XXIV. fig. 4.) Teeth very small. Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting; eye small, distinct, much lower down than the nostril. 125 circular |
