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YU SBY. CHARLES GIRARD, 
BATRACHIA. 
2 FAMILY OF RANIDZ. 
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Genus CYSTIGNATHUS, Waele: 
Gay. CHAR. Vomerine teeth dispoSed upon a transverse or oblique row more or less inter- 
; ana in the middle, and situated either between the i inner nares or behind them; tongue cir- 



















cular, subcircular, or subcordiform, posteriorly entire, and either attached by its whole surface 
or very slightly free behind; tympanum distinct; toes either bordered by a membranous fold or 
slightly webbed at their base. 
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Srv. Cystignathus, Wacu. Nat. Syst. Amph. 1830, 202. 
Grp. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VI, 1853, 420. Ke 
- Oss. The genus Cystignathus is here admitted within the limits we have recently assigned to Bs 
it on the occasion of the study which we have made of the species of exotic batrachians brought ty 
ome by the United States Exploring Expedition, to which we would refer herpetologists. 
CYSTIGNATHUS TAENIATUS, Girard. 
Pirate XXXIV, Figs. 8—11. 
Spec. cuar. Vomerine teeth, situated a little behind the inner nares, well separated upon the 
ddle of the palate; tongue subelliptical, free posteriorly, and slightly notched upon the 
‘same margin. Greenish yellow, with two dorsal blackish stripes; limbs barred above. A 
Sg k vitta upon the sides of the head, extending from the nostril, across the eye, to the shoulder. 
Sry. Cystignathus taeniatus, Grp. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 226. 
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EsoR. The general appearance of this species is rather short, the head forming about the 
ird of the entire length—the posterior limbs, of course, excepted. The head is longer than 
The snout is subacute and rounded; slightly declive from the eyes forwards and side- 
The canthus rostralis is depressed ; the nostrils, very small, are situated nearer to the 
) of the snout than to the anterior rim of the orbit. The eye is well developed and subcircu- 
wr, its longitudinal diameter being equal to the interocular space above; the upper eyelid is 
inutely granular. The tympanum is quite small, though conspicuous. The tongue is well 
veloped, in the shape of a subelliptical disk, broadest behind, slightly notched posteriorly, 
1 free upon nearly the posterior third of its length. The inner nares are subelliptical, ob- 
and conspicuous. The vomerine teeth are exceedingly minute, and disposed upon two 
all and subelliptical distant eminences, situated between and a little behind the inner 
