CHAP. XIX.] 



KEPTILES. 



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interesting distribution, being confined to Central and South 

 Europe, the southern part of South America, and New Zealand. 

 They consist of many isolated groups forming five separate sub- 

 families. The genera are : 



Bombinator, Central Europe and Italy ; Peldbates and Didocus, 

 Central Europe and Spain ; Telmatobius (2 sp.), Peru and Brazil ; 

 Alsodes, Chonos Archipelago; Cacotus, Chili; Liopelma, New 

 Zealand ; Nannophryne, Straits of Magellan. 



FAMILY 14 PLECTKOMANTID^E. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



NEOTROPICAL I NE ARCTIC 

 SUB-REGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. 



PAL.EARCTIC 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



ETHIOPIAN 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



ORIENTAL 



SUB-REGIONS. 



AUSTRALIAN 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



The Plectromantidse, which are Frogs with neck-glands, and 

 the toes but not the fingers dilated, consists of a single species of 

 the genus Plectromantis. It inhabits the region west of the 

 Andes, and south of the Equator. 



FAMILY 15. ALYTID^. (5 Genera, 37 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Alytidse are Frogs with neck-glands and undilated toes. 

 They are most abundant in the Ethiopian region, with a few 

 species in the Nearctic and Australian regions, and one in 

 Europe and Brazil respectively. The genera are : 



Alytes (1 sp.), Central Europe ; Scaphiopus (5 sp.), California 

 to Mexico and the Eastern States ; Hyper olim (29 sp.), all Africa, 

 and two in New Guinea and North Australia ; HeMoporus (1 sp.), 

 in Australia ; Nattereria (1 sp.), Brazil. 



