176 engystomatidS:. 



16. BREVICEPS. 



Breviceps, 31en\ Tent. p. 178; Dum. ^ Bihr. viii. p. 752 ; Cojje, Nat. 

 Hist. Eev. 1865, p. 102, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 191. 

 Systoma, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 205 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 47. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue oval, entire and free beliind. Palate 

 papillose. Tympanum hidden or slightly distinct. Fingers and 

 toes free, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. Cora- 

 coids very much dilated ; precoracoids well developed ; no cmo- 

 steruum ; sternum very small, cartilaginous. Sacral vertebra with 

 very strongly dilated diapophyses, confluent with coccygeal style. 

 Terminal phalanges simple. 



Africa. 



1. Breviceps gihhosus. 



Breviceps gibbosns, Giudh. Cat. p. 53. 

 Sela, ii. 37. 3. 



Bufo aceplialus, Klein, Quadr. IJisp. p. 121. 

 Rana gibbosa, Limi. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 48, and S. N. p. 855. 

 Bufo gibbosus, Luur. Si/n. p. 27 ; Latr. Be.pt. ii. p. 119 ; Baud. Rain. 



p. 80, pi. 29. f. 1, pi. .35. f. 2, and Rept. viii. p. 158. 

 Breviceps gibbosus, Merr. Tent. p. 178 ; Gravenh. Delic. p. 89 ; Dum. 



8f Bibr. p. 754 ; Smith, Bl. S. Afr., Rejjt., App. p. 27. 

 Engystoma dorsatum, Cuv. R. A. 



grauosum, Cuv. R. A. 



Systoma breviceps, Wagl. Syst. Amjj/i. p. 205 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 86. 



Sternal apparatus. 



Habit extremely stout. Head very short; snout indistinct; 

 mouth small ; eyes rather small, directed forwards. Limbs very 

 short; first and "second fingers nearly equal; outer toe not longer 

 than inner ; subarticular tubercles distinct ; a very large shovel- 

 shaped inner metatarsal tubercle. Upper surfaces with sm*ll warts ; 

 belly granulate. Brown above, with a broad brownish-yellow ser- 

 rated dorsal band ; an obsolete lateral streak of the same colour. . 



S. Africa. 



a. Adult. S. Africa. 



b, c. Young. S. Africa. 



d. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. 



