. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 1. XEXOPTJS. 457 Xenopus boiei, WtujJ. Isis, 1827, p. 71'fi, and Si/sf. Amph. p. 199. Dactylethra capensis, Cuv. H. A.; Dmn. Sf Bibr. p. ;;, pi. 92. f. 1 ; A. Dutn. Arch. Mus. x. pi. 18. f. 6; Mansell Veale. Ann. &â Mag. N. H. (3) xvii. p. 391. boiei, Tsehudi, Batr. p. 90. Xenopus lse-vis, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 4. Dactylethra lsevis, Blanf. Observ. Zool. Geol. Abyss, p. Sternal apparatus. Head small; snout short, rounded, without canthus rostralis; eyes and nostrils turned upwards : former sm
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 1. XEXOPTJS. 457 Xenopus boiei, WtujJ. Isis, 1827, p. 71'fi, and Si/sf. Amph. p. 199. Dactylethra capensis, Cuv. H. A.; Dmn. Sf Bibr. p. ;;, pi. 92. f. 1 ; A. Dutn. Arch. Mus. x. pi. 18. f. 6; Mansell Veale. Ann. &â Mag. N. H. (3) xvii. p. 391. boiei, Tsehudi, Batr. p. 90. Xenopus lse-vis, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 4. Dactylethra lsevis, Blanf. Observ. Zool. Geol. Abyss, p. Sternal apparatus. Head small; snout short, rounded, without canthus rostralis; eyes and nostrils turned upwards : former small, their diameter equalling the distance between their front border and the nostril; upper eyelid reduced to a mere fold of the skin : a very short ten- tacle below the eye. 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. Yg. ?⢠2- L&rvse, many spec. 6 f-f 5 ft, 6. i. Ad., stuffed. ft. $. l-m. <S $. Senafe, Abyssinia. Port Natal. Port Natal. Kaffraria. King-William's Town. Cape. Cape. Cape. Orange River. »"W. Africa. ,Esq.[ Rev. II. Calloway [P.]. T. Ayres, Esq. [ ',Esq. [P.]. II. Trevelyan, Esq. [P.]. Tlir Medical Officers of the Chatham Mus. [P.]. Sir A. Smith [P.]. Dr. Kamiemeyer [P.]. Dr. Welwitsch [P.]. 2. Xenopus muelleri. Dactylethra miilleri, Gi'tnth. Cat. p. 2. Dactylethra miilleri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1844, p. 37, and Arch, f. Naturg. 1855, p. 58, Xeno
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