90 EEPTILES. 



a. iVdiilt. Ashantee. 



h. Adult. Gaboon. From M. Parziidaki's Collection. 

 c. Adult. Africa. From Mr. Franli'a Collection as Eucnemis bu- 

 cej)halus. 



Fam. 2. HYLODID^. 



Hylina with free toes, cylindiical processes of sacral vertebra, and 

 without paratoids. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1. Crossodactylus. No vomerine teeth; tongue entirely adherent. 



Brazil. 



2. Phyllobates. No vomerine teeth ; tongue fi-ee behind. West 



Indies ; Central America. 



3. Hylodes. Vomerine teeth ; tongue entire or slightly nicked be- 



hind. Ameiica. 



4. Platymantis. Vomerine teeth ; tongue deeply notched. Feejee 



and Philippine Islands. 



1. CROSSODACTYLUS. 



No vomerine teeth ; fingers thin, rather depressed, quite free ; disk 

 convex beneath, flat and smooth above ; toes free, fringed on both 

 sides ; outer edge of tarsus fringed with a fi'ee membrane. Tympa- 

 num distinct ; skin smooth, with a few scattered small flat warts on 

 the sides. Tongue oval, entirely adherent. Brazil. 

 Crossodactylus, Dum. Sr Bihr. viii. p. 635. 



1. Crossodactylus gaudichaudii. 



Dum. itf Bihr. p. 6.35. 

 Olive ; the upper part of the legs black-banded. Brazil. 



2. PHYLLOBATES. 



No vomerine teeth ; fingers and toes rather depressed, quite free, 

 not fringed, the dilated end above with a central longitudinal groove ; 

 tjTupanum distinct ; eustachian tubes small ; skin quite smooth ; 

 tongue large, free and entii'e, or slightly notched behind. West 

 Indies ; Central America. 



Phyllobates, Bibron, in Ramon de la Saffra's Hist, de File de Cuba, 

 itcpt. pi. 29 b ; Dum. S; Bibr. viii. p. 637 ; Girard, in U. S. Naval 

 Astro)iom. Expcdit. p. 208. 



1. Phyllobates bicolor. 



Bibron, I. c. ; Dum. ^- Bibr. p. 638. 

 Tongue slightly notched behind ; first cuneiform bone indistinctly 

 prominent ; above fidvous, beneath dark brown. Cuba. 



