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Tiidian couutries ])()ssess not one sul)-taniily of their own — or 

 we must break it u]i into four iirovinccs, not sub-regions: — 



]. Kthiojjian, f)r continental African, willi Aglossia and Apoda, no Pclo- 

 batidae, no Dyscopliinae, few Bufonidae, and many Raninae. 



-_'. Indian and Malayan, -with Apoda, no Aglossa, but -with Pelol)atidae, 

 l)y.-;coi)liinae, many Bufonidae and Raninae, amongst Avliicli lihaco2)horus. 



3. Malagasy, without either Apoda or Aglossa ; with Firmisternal Anura 



only, chiefly Dyscopliinae, and RhacojiJioriis and other Raninae. 



4. Pajniasian, without Apoda, Aglossa, Dyscophinae, and Bulbnidae, but with 



Pelobatidae and Ranidae. 



DISTKIBUTIOX OF FAMILIES AND SUB-FAMILIES OF THE AMnilTUA. 



1 signifies tlie occurrence of only one species of an elsewhere numerous group. 

 X Mantella, cf. p. 71 and p. 272. 



