KANIB-Si. 



1. RANID^. 



Ranidse, part., Oyatignathidee, part., Poljrpedatidse, Hylodidse, part., 



Gilnth. Cat. Batr. Sal. 

 Ranidas, Cope, Nat. Hist. Sev. 1885. 



Colostethidffi and Kanidse, Cope, Joum. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867. 

 Polypedatidse, part., and Ranidse, part., Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soe. 



1869. 



Upper jaw toothed ; diapophyses of sacral vertebra not, or but 

 very sligbtly, dilated. 



The members of this family show no great differences in the 

 structure of the sternal apparatus. The precoracoids are always 

 present, their axis being parallel with that of the coracoids, and 

 their distal extremity resting upon that of the_ latter. The preco- 

 racoids are much weaker than the coracoids. In most genera an 

 omostemum and a sternum are well developed and furnished with 

 a bony style. In Oxyglossus, Hylixalus, and Prostherctpis the 

 sternum lacks the bony style, and so does also the omostemum in 

 Narmoplirys and Phyllodromus. In Colostethus, according to Cope, 

 the omostemum is totally absent. 



The vertebrae are proooeUan. The coccyx is attached to two con- 

 dyles. There are no ribs. 



A fronto-parietal fontaneUe is constantly absent. 



The distal phalanges may be simple, pointed, or subtriangular, 

 T-shaped, Y-shaped, or even claw-shaped (Bylambates), the latter 

 structure being met with in the Hylidce, AnvphignatJiodontidm, and 

 SemipTiractidce only. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



Pupil horizontal ; tongue entire ; toes webbed ; outer metatarsal 

 separated by web ; sternum without bony style ; omostemum 

 with a bony style 1. Oxyglossus, p. 5. 



Pupil horizontal ; tongue more or less deeply emarginate ; vomerine 

 teeth; fingers perfectly free, toes webbed; outer metatarsals 

 separated by web ; omostemum and sternum with a bony style. 



2. Eana, p. 6. 



Characters of Sana, but the fingers more or less webbed. 



3. Khacophorus, p. 73. 



Characters of Ehacophorus, but the two inner fingers opposite to 

 the two outer ■ • ■ • 4. CMromantis, p. 92. 



Pupil horizontal; tongue deeply emarginate; vomerine teeth 

 none ; outer metatarsals separated by a groove or narrow web ; 

 omostemum and sternum with a bony style.- 



5. Ixalus, p. 93. 

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