FROGS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL — COCHRAN 223 



Genus Ceratophrys Wied 



1824. Ceratophrys Wied, 1824b, p. 672. (Genotype Ceratophrys varius Wied.; 



Generic diagnosis. — Pupil horizontal. Tongue heart-shaped, free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth. Tympanum more or less distinct, or 

 hidden. Fingers free; toes more or less webbed, the tips not dUated, 

 Outer metatarsals united. Omosternum cartilaginous; sternum a 

 cartilaginous plate which ossifies in the fully adult state. Terminal 

 phalanges simple. Upper eyelid produced into a more or less distinct 

 horn or a series of warts. 



For a statistical analysis of the species of Ceratophrys here discussed, 

 see pages 373 and 380. 



Key to species of Ceratophrys of southeastern Brazil 



a^. Upper eyelid with a more or less developed horny projection. 

 6'. A bony shield in center of back. 



ci. Heel reaches to between eye and nostril; horn on upper eyelid distinct, 



not quite as long as eye varia (p. 232) 



c 2. Heel does not reach to eye; upper eyelid three-cornered, with a very 



short horn ornata (p. 230) 



b '. No bony shield on back. 



c '. Heel reaches to eye; skin appendages on sides of head, body, and hind legs; 



tympanum indistinct appendiculata (p. 223j 



c '. Heel reaches only as far as axilla. 



d *. Vomerine teeth in distinctly separated groups; first and second fingers 



subequal; snout marbled with brown and tan . . . . boiei (p. 225) 



d^. Vomerine teeth barely interrupted; first finger longer than second; 



snout white fryi (P- 230) 



a '. Upper eyelid with 4 or 5 rows of warts cristiceps (p. 228) 



Ceratophrys appendiculata Giinther 



Plate 20, Figures e, f 



1873. Ceratophrys appendiculata Gijnther, p. 418 (type locality, Brazil). — 

 BouLBNGER, 1882a, p. 25, pi. 1, figs. l,a, l,b. — Wandolleck, 1907, p. 9. — 

 Baumann, 1912, p. 161.— MiRANDA-RiBEiRO, 1920d, p. 293,— L. Mul- 

 LER, 1922, p. 171; 1927, p. 286.— Nieden, 1923, p. 382.— Mertens, 1930, 

 p. 162. 



1879. Ceratophrys cafferi Camerano, p. 880 (type locality, Organ Mountains, 

 Brazil) . 



1920. Stombus appendiculatus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920d, p. 302; 1926, p. 124, pi. 

 15, figs. l-l,b. 



1926. Stombus appendiculatus unicolor Miranda-Ribeiro, p. 125 (type locality, 

 Alto da Serra, Sao Paulo) . 



1926. Stombus melanopogon Miranda-Ribeiro, p. 125, pi. 15, figs. 2-2,b (type 

 locality, Alto da Serra, Sao Paulo) , 



Description.— Adult male, USNM 121320, BarrSo H, de Mello, 

 Rio de Janeiro. Vomerine teeth in two short, slanting, narrowly 

 separated series between the choanae; tongue about two-fifths as wide 

 as mouth-opening, cordiform and deeply notched on its free posterior 



