CHAP. XIX.] 



AMPHIBIA. 



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AMPHIBIA. 



Order I.—PSEUDOPHIDIA. 



Family 1.— C^CILIAD^. (4 Genera, 10 Species.) 



General Distkibution. 



Neotropical 



sub-regioks. 



Nearctio 



SCB-REOIOMa 



PaLvEARCTIC 



Sub-regions. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions, 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



— a .3 



-2 — 1 .a .3 



The Cseciliadse are a curious group of worm-like Amphibia 

 sparingly scattered over the three great tropical regions. The 

 genera are, — Ccecilia, which inhabits West Africa, Malabar and 

 South America; Siphonopsis, peculiar to Brazil and Mexico; 

 Ichthyopsis, from Ceylon and the Khasya Mountains ; and Rhina- 

 irema from Cayenne. 



Order II.—URODELA. 

 Family 2.— SIEENID^. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical | Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



PaL/Earctic I Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



Australian 



SuB-REGIONa 



The genus Siren, consisting of eel-like Batrachians with two 

 anterior feet and permanent branchiae, inhabits the South- 

 Eastern States of North America from Texas to Carolina. 



