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258 i!Ii.li;tin -i, initkm statics national muskum. 



IH'liiiii, wiiicli is froiii New Zcaliiiid. Tlie toes are webbed in all the 

 },'t'!U'ra, and tlio cxtonial iiictataisals are separated. 



L'l'iiliiilif iiilf;iiiiii(iil involved in ciiiiii.il oHsiliciition, wliicb (•oniplotostlii'o. o. fronto- 

 liaritlalia : two (((ccyj^cal eotyli ami iliapoidijsos ; film witli ponterior ]iro(!- 

 (■ss Liiliniin Noll Meyer. 



Ceplialic iiitei;uiiieiit free; a miiall tVoiitoiiaiietal foiitaiiellt! (.sometimes ait}Mfinlhi 

 closed liv tlie I'llimoijl): ini'lronlialia larj^ely in coiitaet ; two coeey^ieal eo- 

 lyli ; lilts with posterior proeess; piiitil roiiml ; caviim tyiiipani pnisent. No 

 parol oid j^laiiils ■■ Dixaxilossim Oltli. 



Ceplialic iiitefiiiiiiint tVei': a iVontoparietal foiitaiiollc; vomerine teeth present; two 

 eoceyneal eotyli; [mpil trianj;nhir; no tyini>anum or Eustachian tnlics (lioii- 

 Icn^er) Lioiidmii Steiiidachiii-r. 



C'eplialie inte;;nnienl tree; a IVontoparietal tontanelle. I'relbntalia in eontaet 

 thron;ihont ; two eoeey^^eal eotyli; no mdimeiital di^^it ; typaniim and eaviim 

 tynijiani distinel : pupil eri'et : parotoitl inlands present J/l/^■'< Wagl. 



Cephalie inti'^nment lire I'rom eianinm ; a frontoparietal fontaiielle; ]irt;l'ontalia in 

 eontaet .iiiteiiiirly : one eoeey;ieal eofyliis; no inner di^it developed; no tj'ni- 

 panuni or ea\ iim t.Ninpaiii; Knstiichian tnbe rndiniental or wantin<;; paro- 

 loid glands none Iliniihiiialur Merrem. 



Ail tlie cliaiaeters oi tliis laiiiily j;(» to show that it is the nearest of 

 the iSalieiitiii to the oriojnal and now extinct tyju' which formerly con- 

 nected that order with the Siilainanders. These arc, the presence of 

 ribs, the (tpislhncdl vcitehne, the distinctness of the carpal bones (d 

 the <listal low ; the injiiiinal ;;rasp of the male in copula, and the fre- 

 (jnent presence of the cardinjil veins. 



uufonidj:.* 



This is the only cosnioi»olitan family of Annra. It is chielly repre- 

 sented by tile nciins Unto, which exists in :dl the /oolooical realms ex- 

 eepliiio the Anstiiiliaii. The variations in strntifiire are not so o|,.j(t 

 as in some otlu'r families. They are thus summarily reviewed i»y 

 r.onlen^er: 



"The omosterntim is o,>ii(.iijiiy absent; if present, it is reduced to a 

 mirrow cartilage. Tlie sternum is usindly a cartilaginous |date, whiirji 

 in a lew eases is ossilied alono Its center; in Hnoystomops there is a 

 wcll-delined itony style siij)portin};' a cartilaginous tlisk. 



"The vertebra' are i»roe<i'lous :ind without ribs. The diai»opli\ ses of 

 the .sacial vertebra- are more or less tlilated, but never to such a de;;ree 

 as in the I'elobatida'. The urostyle is attached to two condyles. 



"A frontoparietal Ibntanalleis pieseni in .Myoltatraclius Kuj-yslomops 

 P.seiulophrviie and lOpidalea; t and in a few species of liufo the derm is 

 completely involved in the cranial ossilication. 



" In two ;,'enera tin; pupil is i .ect. 



"The distal |)lialan;i('s art' .•^•.;mi)ly obtuse or T-shaped. 



"The IJufonida' include tenestrial, burrowing,', thorou^^lily ai|uatic 

 (Ne(!tes) and apparently arboit'al (Necttophryiu') types. lihinophrynus 

 is a tiiie ant eater, as are several Ibrms of IOn;;ystonnda'."J 



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