CHAP. XIX.] 



AMPHIBIA. 



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AMPHIBIA. 



Order L—P8EUD0PHIDIA. 

 Family 1.— C^CILIAD^. (4 Genera, 10 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropicai, I Nearctio 

 SuB-BEGioNS. I Sub-regions. 

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paliearctic 1 ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



Oriental | Australian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



-2.3 



-2 1.2.3 — 



The Cseciliadse 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; 

 Ichthyopsis, from Ceylon and the Khasya Mountains ; and Rhina- 

 trema from Cayenne. 



Order IL—UBODELA. 

 Family 2.— SIRENID^. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 



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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. 



