. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 1. XENOPTJS, 457 Xenopus boiei, Wagl. Isis, 1827, p. 726, and Syst. Amph. p. 199. Dactyletlira capeusis, Cuv. It. A.; Dinn. 4' Bihr. p. 765, pi. 92. f. 1 ; A. Bum. Arch. Mus. x. pi. 18. f. 6; Mansell Veale, Ann & Man. N. H. (3) xvii. p. 391. boiei, Tschudi, Batr. p. 90. Xenopus laevis, Steindachn. JVovara, A)nph. p. 4. Dactyletlira Isevis, Blanf. Observ. Zool. Geol. Abyss, p. Sternal apparatus. Head small: snout short, rounded, â witlaout canthus rostralis ; eyes and nostrils turn
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 1. XENOPTJS, 457 Xenopus boiei, Wagl. Isis, 1827, p. 726, and Syst. Amph. p. 199. Dactyletlira capeusis, Cuv. It. A.; Dinn. 4' Bihr. p. 765, pi. 92. f. 1 ; A. Bum. Arch. Mus. x. pi. 18. f. 6; Mansell Veale, Ann & Man. N. H. (3) xvii. p. 391. boiei, Tschudi, Batr. p. 90. Xenopus laevis, Steindachn. JVovara, A)nph. p. 4. Dactyletlira Isevis, Blanf. Observ. Zool. Geol. Abyss, p. Sternal apparatus. Head small: snout short, rounded, â witlaout canthus rostralis ; eyes and nostrils turned upAvards ; tormer small, their diameter equalling the distance between tbeir front border and the nostril; upper eyelid reduced to a mere fold of the skin ; a very short ten- tacle below the ej'e. Fingers very slender, acutely pointed, sub- equal in size; toes strong, depressed, pointed, very broadly webbed, the three inner furnished with black corneous sheaths imbedding the claws; no claw-like metatarsal spur; no subarticular tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso- metatarsal articulation marks the eye in females, the tip of the snout in males. Skin smooth, with more or less distinct tube-like lines round the body. Dark brown above ; whitish beneath, immaculate or spotted with brown. The females distinguished in having three dermal flaps closing the vent. Tropical Africa. a. Yg. b. ?. c. $. d. LarvEe, many spec. e. 6- f-9. ?. h. J. i. Ad., stuffed. k, 2. l-m. c? 2 ⢠Senafe, Abyssinia. Port Natal. Port Natal. Ivaffraria. King-William's Town. Cape. Cape. Cape. Orange River. W. Africa. ,Esq.[P.]. Rev. H. Calloway [P.]. T. Ayres, Esq. [ ',Esq. [P.]. H. Trevelyan, Esq. [P.]. The Medical OfHcers of the Chatham Mus. [P.]. Sir A. Smith [P.]. Dr. Kannemeyer [P.]. Dr. Welwitsch [P.]. 2. Xenopus muelleri. Dactylethra miilleri, Giinth. Cat. p. 2. Dactylethra miilleri, Peters, Mo7i. Bei-l, Ac. 1844, p. 37, and Arch, f. Na
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