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Show The A . lienalis was given off some way before any other branch in R. temporaria, R. catesbiana, R. clamata, and B. boreas; and just before or immediately opposite to one 01* more of the intestinal branches in R. esculenta, R. tigrina, R. hexadactyla, and B. mauritanicus, always as a single vessel. 1 9 0 6 .] SYSTEM OF CERTAIN SPECIES OF ANURA. 1 0 1 9 Text-fig. 147. Hana hexadactyla, ? (X H ) . Portion of arterial system. Ventral view. ^ - s 5.- Branches of A. subclavia. sl to Mm. transverso-scapularis major, longissimus dorsi, and transverso-scapularis minor. s3 through coracoid foramen to M. pectoralis sternalis. (For other branches, see p. 1013. For explanation of other lettering, see p. 1033.) The intestinal portion of the artery is divided by Gaupp into two portions, distinguished as rr. intestinales and rr. hcemorrhoidales anteriores respectively. Viewing the species under consideration as a whole, it seems rather to fall into three distinct branches. |