﻿ALYTES. 
  

  

  167 
  

  

  hyals, 
  apart 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  slender 
  V- 
  

   or 
  Y-shaped 
  ossicle 
  is 
  developed 
  on 
  the 
  ventral 
  side. 
  

  

  Vertebral 
  column 
  twice 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  

   less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  sknll. 
  Spine 
  closed 
  

  

  Fig. 
  62. 
  

  

  Skeleton 
  of 
  male. 
  

  

  above, 
  the 
  neural 
  arch 
  without 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  

   postero-median 
  process. 
  Second, 
  third, 
  and 
  fourth 
  

   vertebrae 
  with 
  short 
  diapophyses, 
  with 
  short 
  auto- 
  

   genous 
  ribs. 
  The 
  first 
  rib 
  the 
  shortest 
  and 
  directed 
  

  

  