CHAP. XIX.] 



AMPHIBIA. 



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AMPHIBIA. 



Order I.—PSEUDOPHIDIA. 



Family 1.— CMCUAADM. (4 Genera, 10 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 sub-regions. 



Nearctio 

 6ub-reoion& 



PaLjEARCTIC 

 SUB-REGIONS. 



Ethiopian 



Sub -regions. 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 sub-regions. 



2.3- 



_2 1.2.3- 



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; 

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

 trema from Cayenne. 



Order II— URODELA. 

 Family 2.— SIKENID.E. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical I Nearctic I Pal^earctic I Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



Oriental 



Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



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. 



