. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 1. PIPA. 459 1. Pipa americana. PijDa americana, Oiinth. Cat. p. 3. Seha, i. 77. 1-4 ; Merian, Ins. Stirm. t. 59. Rana pipa, Lmn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 121, and S. N. p. ; Shaiv, Zool. iii. p. 167, pis. 50 & 51 ; Blumejib. Ahhihl pi. 36; Brej/er, Observ. Anat. Diss. Prres. Rudolphi, Bed. 1811; Mayer, Nova Acta, 1825, p. 527, pi. 49. Pipa americana, Laur, Syn. Rept. p. 25 j Cuv. R. A.; Dum. Sf Bihr. p. 773, pi. 92. f. 2. _ Rana dorsigera, Sclmeid. Hist. Amph. p. 121, pis. 1 & 2. Bufo


. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 1. PIPA. 459 1. Pipa americana. PijDa americana, Oiinth. Cat. p. 3. Seha, i. 77. 1-4 ; Merian, Ins. Stirm. t. 59. Rana pipa, Lmn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 121, and S. N. p. ; Shaiv, Zool. iii. p. 167, pis. 50 & 51 ; Blumejib. Ahhihl pi. 36; Brej/er, Observ. Anat. Diss. Prres. Rudolphi, Bed. 1811; Mayer, Nova Acta, 1825, p. 527, pi. 49. Pipa americana, Laur, Syn. Rept. p. 25 j Cuv. R. A.; Dum. Sf Bihr. p. 773, pi. 92. f. 2. _ Rana dorsigera, Sclmeid. Hist. Amph. p. 121, pis. 1 & 2. Bufo dorsiger, Daxul. Rain. p. 85, and Rept. Tiii. p. 172. Pipa tedo, Merr. Tent. p. 179. Pipa curucuni, *S'/.»u', Spec. Nov. Test. Ran. pi. 22. f. 1 & 2. Leptopus asterodactyliis, Mayer, Ancd. p. 34. Pipa dorsigera, Gravenh. Delic. p. 70. Asterodactylus pipa, Wayl. Syst. Amph. p. 199 j TscJiudi, Batr. p. 89, Head extremely depressed, triangular; eye minute; one or two short tentacles on the upper lip, in front of the eye; a large dermal flap at the angle of the mouth, sometimes another at the tip of the snout. Fingers very slender, subequal in size; toes very broadly "wehhed, third and fourth nearly equal; no subarticular tubercles; a blunt inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye or not so far. Skin covered with small tubercles. Olive- brown or blackish above; beneath lighter, sometimes white-spotted, or with a black stripe along the middle of the belly. Guianas; Sternal apparatus. a. S- h. 6- c, d, (â .(?$. f- ?⢠g,h. 2. i. Skeleton. Grenada Isl. British Guiana. Surinam. Ti'opical America. Tropical America. Sir R. Scliomburg-k [P.]. Sir A. Smith [P.], Mr. Damon,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the or


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