CHAP. XIX.] 



REPTILES. 



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Oriental genera are : — Dicroglossus (1 sp.), Western Himalayas ; 

 Oxyglossus (2 sp.), Siam to Java, Philippines and China ; Hoplo- 

 hatrachus (1 sp.), Ceylon; Phrynoglossus (1 sp.), Siam. The 

 Ethiopian genera are : — Phrynobatrachus (1 sp.), Stenorhynchus 

 (1 sp.), both from Natal. 



Family 20.— DISCOGLOSSID^. (14 Genera, 18 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



The Discoglossidse, or Frogs with a dilated sacrum, are re- 

 markable for the number of generic forms scattered over a large 

 part of the globe, being only absent from the Neai'ctic and the 

 northern half of the Neotropical regions, and also from Hindostan 

 and East Africa. The genera are : — 



Ghiroleptes (4 sp.), Australia ; CalypAocephalus (1 sp.), allied to 

 the preceding, from Chili ; Cryptotis (1 sp.), Australia ; As- 

 terophys (2 sp.), New Guinea and Aru Islands ; XenopTirys (1 sp.), 

 Eastern Himalayas ; Megalophrys (2 sp.), Ceylon and the Malay 

 Islands ; Ifa7inophrys (1 sp.), Ceylon ; Pelodytes (1 sp.), France 

 only ; Leptobrachium (1 sp.), Java ; Discoglossus (1 sp.), Vienna 

 to Algiers ; Laprissa (1 sp.), Latonia (1 sp.), Palaearctic region ; 

 Arthrokjjtis (2 sp.). West Africa and the Cape; Grypiscus (1 

 sp.), Souih Brazil. 



Family 21.— PIPID^. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 



Sl"B-REOI0NS. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal.e arctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Ethiopian | Oriental 

 Sub-rkgions. I Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



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