The skull and vertebral column of the Frog, viewed from the dorsal surface. 

 B, The same from the ventral surface. C, Lateral view of the urostyle ; a bristle 

 is passed through the foramen for the tenth spinal nerve. D, The branchial 

 skeleton of the Frog. (All the figures after Ecker.) O, orbital fossa ; pmx, 

 premaxilla ; ;//.r, maxilla ; q-j, qundrato-jugal ; na, nasal ; pf, parieto frontal ; 

 ex, ex-occipital ; fin, foramen magnum ; pro, pro-otic ; sq, squamosal ; sp. et, 

 sphenethmoid ; Par, parasphenoid ; pal, palatine ; vo, vomer ; ptg, pterygoid ; 

 <', atlas vertebra ; c, centrum ; ar, neural arch ; zyg, zygapophysis ; trv, trans- 

 verse process ; ur, urostyle ; //, body of the hyoid ; Ha, anterior cornu ; Hp, 

 posterior cornu of the hyoid. 



