. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 178 ENGYSTOMATID^. 18. HEMISUS*. Hemisus, GUuth. Cut. p. 47; Cope, Naf. Hist. Rtv. 18G5, p. 100, and Joiini. Ac. Philacl (2) vi. 1867, p. 199. Kakophryniis, Steindachn. Sitz. Ak. Wien, xlviii. 1863, p. 191. Pupil erect. Tongue subtriangular, broader in front. A cuta- neous ridge across the palate, between the choanpc, and another in front of the oesophagus. No tympanum. Fingers free ; toes free or slightly webbed at the base, the tips not dilated. Outer meta- tarsals united. Coracoids and pr
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 178 ENGYSTOMATID^. 18. HEMISUS*. Hemisus, GUuth. Cut. p. 47; Cope, Naf. Hist. Rtv. 18G5, p. 100, and Joiini. Ac. Philacl (2) vi. 1867, p. 199. Kakophryniis, Steindachn. Sitz. Ak. Wien, xlviii. 1863, p. 191. Pupil erect. Tongue subtriangular, broader in front. A cuta- neous ridge across the palate, between the choanpc, and another in front of the oesophagus. No tympanum. Fingers free ; toes free or slightly webbed at the base, the tips not dilated. Outer meta- tarsals united. Coracoids and precoracoids subequal in bulk ; pre- coracoids horizontal, coracoids very oblicjuely directed backwards, latter connected with former by the simple epicoracoid cartilage; omosteruum cartilaginous; sternum rudimentary. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra slightly dilated. Terminal iihalanges simple. Africa. 1. Hemisus guttatum. Ilemisus guttatum, part., Gi'tnth. Cat. pp. 47 tfe 137. Eugvstonia guttatum, Rapp, Arch. f. Natur(/. 1842, p. 290, pi. 6. & 4; ^Smith, III. S. Afr., Rept., App. p. Sternal ap])aratus. Habit stout. Head small; snout rather pointed, prominent, cunei- form ; mouth small; lower jaw with three prominences in front; eye small; interorbital space broad. Fore limb short, clumsy, adapted for burrowing ; fingers very short, pointed, first and second equal, fourth shorter. Hind limb short, the tarso-mctatarsal arti- culation marking the eye ; toes short, pointed, free, without subar- ticular tubercles ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. Skin smooth ; a fold across the head, behind the eyes. Erown above, with round Avhitish spots. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 8. Africa. «. c?. Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 2. Hemisus sudanense. Hemisus guttatum, part., Gimth. Cat. pp. 47 & 137. PEngystoma marmoratum, Peters, Katurg. 1856, p. 58. * Hemisus obsciirns, Graudid. Ann. Sc. Nat. (."i) xv. a. 20, p. 11.— Please note that these images are
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