. The Batrachia of North America [microform]. Amphibians; Amphibiens. Fin. II A iiilihintiimn ininitniiin Iliiy. iiiitinnl wi/r ; i'ii)iiiil frinii Hay. Tlii^ coloi' is (liiik itrowii, almost liliicU, iiliovc, vcllow below JJet\v«'«'H tilt' lort' and liiii<i<l('.s to a level wilii the npiier ol the I The inid- <lle of the Itellv of a (' line than hs I'cctoial, iiio'iinal, ami |nil)i(! .sjjirlitly hiighter yellow tinin the sides of the Itelly. Head aliove Hive the hack, l»eio\\ like the other lowei paits. .Inst hehiinl the s
. The Batrachia of North America [microform]. Amphibians; Amphibiens. Fin. II A iiilihintiimn ininitniiin Iliiy. iiiitinnl wi/r ; i'ii)iiiil frinii Hay. Tlii^ coloi' is (liiik itrowii, almost liliicU, iiliovc, vcllow below JJet\v«'«'H tilt' lort' and liiii<i<l('.s to a level wilii the npiier ol the I The inid- <lle of the Itellv of a (' line than hs I'cctoial, iiio'iinal, ami |nil)i(! .sjjirlitly hiighter yellow tinin the sides of the Itelly. Head aliove Hive the hack, l»eio\\ like the other lowei paits. .Inst hehiinl the symphysis of the lowei'Jaw ate iiidieations of a l»ris below and in front yellowish, us other lower parts. I-Vet, especially alxtve, dark. This spe(!ies must be compared with .1. birolonuu} A. tinrhiuni. The last belon;fs to the j^ronp wiii(;li has twelve costal ;j[rooves. .1. t'KjrUium lias the interni nares no more widely separated than are the outer; the limbs of the vomerine V are decidedly concave, and the inner series of teotli are about twice the lenjitli of tlie outer. It is also a rather loujf. bodied species, the distance from the snout to the axilla being'contained in the distance from the snout to thej;roin nearly L'.t times, while in vl. I'opt'KHKin the latter distamu? is but twice the former. Iiuleed, this form dillers from all others, in the shortness of the body, or the equality of the distances from snout to axilla and from axilla to j;-roiii. .1. bicolor ai)proaches it most nearly, but this s|>e(ties dill'ers further in havinj; no traces of the yellow spots so chara(!teristi(! of that form. .â I. copcanum has also a broader and more depressed head, ii more compressed tail, and lonp'r limbs. A. bicolor is described as having the palatine teeth in three entirely transverse series; as having a Vi'iy short muzzle, and as beiii},' more or less spotted. A t'omparison of some of the dimensions of the two spe- lySlâBull U 5 N 'â ! i. Please note that the
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