CHAP. XIX.] 



REPTILES. 



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Oriental genera are : Dicroglossus (1 sp.), Western Himalayas ; 

 Oxyglossus (2 sp.), Siam to Java, Philippines and China ; Hoplo- 

 latrachus (1 sp.), Ceylon; Phrynoglossus (1 sp.), Siam. The 

 Ethiopian genera are : Phrynobatrachus (1 sp.), Stenorkynchus 

 (1 sp.), both from Natal. 



FAMILY 20. DISCOGLOSSICLE. (14 Genera, Impedes.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Discoglossidse, or Frogs with a dilated sacrum, are re- 

 markable for the number of generic forms scattered over a large 

 part of the globe, being only absent from the Nearctic and the 

 northern half of the Neotropical regions, and also from Hindostan 

 and East Africa. The genera are : 



Chiroleptes (4 sp.), Australia ; Calyp$cep1ialus (1 sp.), allied to 

 the preceding, from Chili; Cryptotis (1 sp.), Australia; As- 

 terophjys (2 sp.), New Guinea and Aru Islands ; Xenophrys (1 sp.), 

 Eastern Himalayas ; Megalophrys (2 sp.), Ceylon and the Malay 

 Islands ; Nannoplirys (1 sp.), Ceylon ; Pdodytes (1 sp.), France 

 only ; Leptdbrachium (1 sp.), Java ; Discoglossus (1 sp.), Vienna 

 to Algiers ; Laprissa (1 sp.), Latonia (1 sp.), Palsearctic region ; 

 Arthroleptis (2 sp.), West Africa and the Cape; Grypiscus (1 

 sp.), Souih Brazil. 



FAMILY 21. PIPHXE. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



