176 ENGTSTOMAIID^. 



16. BREVICEPS. 



Breviceps, Merr. Tent. p. 178 ; Dum. 8f Bibr. viii. p. 762 ; Cope, Nat. 

 Hist. Mev. 1865, p. 102, and Journ. Ao. Philad. (2) V\. 1867, p. 191. 

 Systoma, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 205 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 47. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue oveJ, entire and free behind. Palate 

 papillose. Tympanum hidden or slightly distinct. Pingers and 

 toes free, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. Cora- 

 coids very much dilated ; precoraooids well developed ; no omo- 

 sternum ; sternum very small, cartilaginous. Sacral vertebra with 

 very strongly dilaT;ed diapophyses, confluent with coccygeal style. 

 Terminal phalanges simple. 



Africa. 



1. Breviceps giblbosus. 



Breviceps gibbosua, Qiinth. Cat. p. 53. 

 Seha, ii. 37. 3. 



Bufo acephalus, Klein, Quadr. Disp. p. 121. 

 Rana gibbosa, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 48, and S. N. p. 355. 

 Bufo gibbosus, Laur. Syn. p. 27 ; Latr. jRept. ii. p. 119 ; Baud. Main. 



p. 80, pi. 29. f. 1, pi. 35. f. 2, and Sept. viii. p. 158. 

 Breviceps gibbo3us, Merr. Tent. p. 178 ; Orauenh. Belie, p. 69 : Bum. 



^ Bibr. p. 754 ; Smith, III. S. Afr., Sept., App. p. 27. 

 Engystoma dorsatum, Cuv. R. A. 



granosum, Cuv. R. A. 



Systoma breviceps, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 205 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 86. 



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Sternal apparatus. 



Habit extremely stout. Head very short ; snout indistinct ; 

 mouth small ; eyes rather small, directed forwards. Limbs very 

 short ; first and second fingers nearly equal ; outer toe not longer 

 than inner ; subarticular tubercles distinct ; a very laxge shovel- 

 shaped inner metatarsal tubercle. Upper Burfaoes with small warts ; 

 beUy granulate. Brown above, with a broad brownish-yeUow ser- 

 rated dorsal band ; an obsolete lateral streak of the same colour. 



S. Africa. 



a. Adult. S. Africa. 



6, c. Young. S. Africa. 



d. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. 



