. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 178 ENGYSTOMATID^. 18. HEMISUS*. Hemisus, G'dnth. Cut. p. 47; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 18U5, p. 100, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 199. KakopLi-ynus, Steindaehn. Sits. Ak. Wien, xlviii. 1863, p. 191. Pupil erect. Tongue subtriangular, broader in front. A cuta- neous ridge across the palate, between the choanse, 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 bul
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 178 ENGYSTOMATID^. 18. HEMISUS*. Hemisus, G'dnth. Cut. p. 47; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 18U5, p. 100, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 199. KakopLi-ynus, Steindaehn. Sits. Ak. Wien, xlviii. 1863, p. 191. Pupil erect. Tongue subtriangular, broader in front. A cuta- neous ridge across the palate, between the choanse, 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 obliquely directed backwards, latter connected with former by the simple epicoracoid cartilage; omostcrnum cartilaginous; sternum rudimentary. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra slightly dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. Africa. 1. Hemisus guttatum. Hemisus guttatum, part., Gibdh. Cat. pp. 47 & 137. Engvstoma guttatum, Rap2), Arch. f. Naturfj. 1842, p. 290, pi. 6. f. 3 & 4 ; Smith, III. S. Afr., Rept., App. p. Sternal apparatus. Habit stout. Head small; snout rather pointed, prominent, cunei- form ; mouth small; lower jaw with three prominences in front; eye small; intcrorbital 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. Brown above, with round whitish spots. Male with a subgular vocal sac. S. Africa. a. 6 â Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 2. Hemisus sudanense. Hemisus guttatum, part., Giinth. Cat. pp. 47 & 137. ? Engystoma marmoratum, Peters, Katury. 1855, p. 58. * Hemisus obsatrtis, G-raudid. Ann. Sc. Nat. (5) 20, p. 11.â Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images th
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