CHAP, xix.] AMPHIBIA. 411 



AMPHIBIA. 



Order I.PSEUDOPHIDIA. 



FAMILY l.CMCILIADM. (4 Genera, 10 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



NEOTROPICAL I NEARCTIO I PAL.EARCTIC I ETHIOPIAN I ORIENTAL 



SUB-REGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. SUB-RKGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. 



AUSTRALIAN 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



-2.3- 



1.2. 



The Caeciliadae are a curious group of worm-like Amphibia 

 sparingly scattered over the three great tropical regions. The 

 genera are, Ccecilia, which inhabits West Africa, Malabar, and 

 South America; Siphonopsis, peculiar to Brazil and Mexico; 

 Ickthyopsis, from Ceylon and the Khasya Mountains ; and Khina- 

 trema from Cayenne. 



Order ILURODELA. 

 FAMILY 2. SIKENID^E. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The genus Siren, consisting of eel-like Batrachians with two 

 anterior feet and permanent branchiae, inhabits the South- 

 Eastern States of North America from Texas to Carolina. 



