516 



CiECILIID^. 



eye from the end of the snout ; eye easily distinguishable ; ten- 

 tacle below and in front of the eye, usually much nearer to the eye 

 than to the nostril. Body subcyliudrical, rather depressed, mode- 

 rately elongate, with very numerous (240 to 400) distinct circular 

 folds, angular on the belly. Tail very short though distinct, pointed. 

 Dark brown or bluish black ; a yellow baud along each side of the 

 body. 



Total length 15 inches ; diameter of body | inch. 





Fig. 142. — Icliihyo'pJiisglutinosui^,{(tmv\(i\i\\\x eggs (after Sarasin). 



Hah. Mountains of Ceylon, Malabar, Eastern Himalayas, Khasi 

 Hills, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 



These Batrachians are found in damp situations, usually in soft 

 mud. The comj^lete development has been observed and described 

 by the Drs, Sarasin *. The eggs are A'ery large and deposited in a 

 burrow near the water. The feuiale protects them by coiling 

 herself round the egg-mass, which the young do not lea^e until 

 after the loss of tlie external gills ; they then lead an aquatic life, 

 and are provided with an opening, or spiraculum, on each side of 

 the neck. In these larva) the head is fish-like, ]n-ovided with much 

 developed labial lobes, with the eyes much more distinct than in 

 the perfect animal ; the tail is very distinct, strongly compressed, 

 and finned above and beneath j the anal opening is a longitudinal 

 cleft. 



* Ergebnissenaturwissenschaftlicher Forschungenauf Ceylon in den Jahreu 

 1884-86 : ii, 1887-90. 



