1. PIP A. 



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1. Fipa americaua. 



Pipa americana, Qunth. Cat. p. 3, 

 Seha, i. 77. 1-4 ; Marian, Ins. Surin. t. 69. 

 Eana pipa, lAnn. Mus. Ad. Frid.j- 121, and 8. N. p. 354 ; Shaw, 



Zool. lii. p. 167, pis. 60 & 51 ; Blvmenb. AhUld. pi. 36 ; Breyer, 



Ohserv. Anat. Diss. Frees. JRudolphi, Berl. 1811; Mayer, Nova 



Acta, 1825, p. 527, pi. 49. 

 Pipa americana, Laur. 8yn. B£pt. p. 25 ; Cuv. X. A. ; Bum. §• Bibr. 



p. 773, pi. 92. f. 2. 

 Rana dorsigera, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 121, pis. 1 & 2. 

 Bufo dorsiger. Baud. Rain. p. 85, and JRept. -viii. p. 172. 

 Pipa tedo, Merr. Tent. p. 179. 



Pipa curucuru, Spix, Spec. Nov. Test. Ban. pi. 22. f. 1 & 2. 

 Leptopus asterodactylua, Mayer, Anal. p. 84. 

 Pipa dorsigera, Gravenh. Belie, p. 70. 

 Asterodaotylus pipa, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 199 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 89. 



Head extremely depressed, triangular ; eye minute ; one or two 

 short tentacles on the upper lip, in front of the eye ; a large dermal 

 flap at the angle of the mouth, sometimes another at the tip of the 

 snout. Fingers very slender, subequal in size ; toes very broadly 

 v^ebbed, third and fourth nearly equal ; no subarticular tubercles ; 

 a blunt inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches 

 the eye or not so far. Skin covered with small tubercles. Olive- 

 brown or blackish above ; beneath lighter, sometimes white-spotted, 

 or with a black stripe along the middle of the belly. 



Guianas: Brazil. 



