BATRACniA SALIENTIA. 



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half -webbed, with indistinct tubercles ; first cuneiform bone with a 

 tiat, oval, sharp-edged spiu-. Skin smooth, with some small, indi- 

 stinct tubercles ; head above covered with moveable, smooth sldn. 

 Nostril near the muzzle, very near the canthus rostralis ; cleft of 

 mouth moderate ; tongue cordiform, free and deeply notched behind ; 

 in the males on each side of the tongue a cleft for the vocal sac ; 

 vocal sac external, formed by two lateral bladders communicating 

 in the middle. Inner nares and eustachian tubes moderate ; tym- 

 panum rounded, distinct. Vomerine teeth in two oblique series, con- 

 vergent behind, but mth an interspace between. Above yellowish 

 broviTi, with a yellow dorsal band extending from the snout to the 

 anus ; upper parts with dark bro^vn, sometimes confluent spots ; 

 crown with tAvo oblique brown streaks beginning on the upper eye- 

 lid, convergent towards behind, and separated by the yellow band ; 

 a brown streak from the eye along the canthus rostralis ; beneath 

 nearly uniform white ; throat and vocal sacs brown. Size of Pelohates 

 fuscus. 



6. CALYPTOCEPHALUS. 



Habit toad-like ; head covered Avith a rugose shield ; extremities 

 short. Vomerine teeth forming an interrupted cross series between 

 the internal nostiils ; tongaie oval, entire and free behind. Eusta- 

 chian tubes rather large ; tympanum distinct. Fingers free ; toes 

 half- webbed ; a large blunt tubercle at the metacarpus. Male vrith 

 a vocal sac on each side of the thi'oat. ChiH. 



Calj-ptocephalus, Bibr. Mus. Paris ; Bum. ^- Bihr. viii. p. 447. 



Peltoceplialus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 81. 



1. Calyptocephalus gayi. 



Calyptoceplialiis gayi, Bihr. Mus. Paris ; Bam. S,- Bibr. p. 450. 

 Peltoceplialus quo}i, Tschudi, I. c. 



Above olive, varied with darker. 



a. Adult : skeleton. Chili. From M. Braconier's Collection. 



7. CYCLORHAMPHUS. 



Habit moderate ; head short, flat, rounded in front. Fingers free ; 

 toes half-webbed, the first cuneiform bone forming a small rounded 

 prominence. Skin quite smooth. Vomerine teeth in two small 

 groups ; tongue entire and free behind, oval ; eustachian tubes small, 

 tympanum hidden. Male without vocal sac. Chili. 



Cyeloramphus, sp., Tschudi, Batr. p. 81 ; Dum. i^- Bibr. viii. p. 452. 



1. Cyclorhamphus marmoratus. 

 Cyeloramphus maniioratus, Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 455; Tschudi, in Wiegm. 

 "^ Arch. 1845, p. 167. 

 Brownish, marbled wdth black, often with small white spots. 



