1. pirA, 



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1. Pipa americana. 



p. 3. 



Pipa americana, Gilnth. Cat. 

 Seba, i. 77. 1-4 ; Meriun, Ins. Surin. t. 59. 

 Rana pipa, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fricl. p. 121, and S. N. p. 354 ; Shnio, 



Zool. iii. p. 167, pis. 50 & 51 ; Blu7nenb. Abbild. pi. 36; Breyer, 



Observ. Anat. Diss. P/ws. Rudolphi, Bed. 1811 ; Mayer, Nova 



Acta, 1825, p. 527, pi. 49. 

 Pipa americana, Laur. Syn. Bept. p. 25 ; Cuv. R. A. ; Dum. 8f Bibr. 



p. 773, pi. 92. 12. 

 Rana dorsigera, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 121, pis. 1 & 2. 

 Bufi) dorsiger, Daud. Bain. p. 85, aiid Bept. viii. p. 172. 

 Pipa tedo, Merr. Tent. p. 179. 



Pipa cnrucuru, Spix, Spec. Nov. Test. Ban. pi. 22. f. 1 & 2. 

 Leptopus asterodactyliis, Mayer, Anal. p. 34. 

 Pipa dorsigera, Gravenh. Delic. p. 70. 

 Asterodactylus pipa, Wagl. Syst. AmpJi. p. 199; TscJnidi, Batr. p. 89, 



Head extremely depressed, triangular ; eye minute ; one or two 

 short tentacles on the upper lip, in front of the eye : a large dermal 

 flap at the angle of the mouth, sometimes another at the tip of the 

 suout. Fingers very slender, suhequal in size ; toes very broadly 

 webbed, third and fourth nearly equal ; no subarticular tubercles ; 

 a blunt inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the bodj', the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches 

 the ej-e or not so far. Skin covered with small tubercles. Olive- 

 brown or blackish above ; beneath lighter, sometimes white-spotted, 

 or with a black stripe along the middle of the belly. 



Guianas ; Brazil. 



Sternal apparatus. 



a. S- 



b. d- 



c,d,e. <S2- 

 f- ?. 



.9, A. 2- 

 t. Skeleton. 



Grenada Isl. 

 British Guiana. 

 Surinam. 



Tropical America. 

 Tropical America, 



SirR.Schomku'gk[P.]. 

 Sir A. Smith [P.], 

 Mr. Damon, 



