INTRODUCTION. 



the former author's so far as the grouping of the 

 European genera is concerned. 



7. Lataste, 1879. 



LiEVOGTEINID^ S. PkOCCELIT)^ : 



Vertebvffi proocelous ; tadpole with 

 sinistral spiraoulum. 



Banidie ■ Bana. 



Hyliflx . Hyla. 



Sitfonidse . Biifo. 

 -nil. J.- 1 (Pelohates. 

 Belobahdse [p^i.^ytes. 



a? s. OpisthoccelidjE : (y,. , ., ( Discoglossus. 

 Vertebrae opistbocoelous ; tadpole"^ *^ " \Bombinator. 



Medio&tbinid^ s. OpISTHOCCELIDjE 



_oole-j 

 with medial spiraculum. lAlytidx . Alytes. 



The Alytidx are separated from the Discoglossidm 

 on account of the shape of the pupil and the aberrant 

 mode of parturition and development. 



The classification adopted in this work is shown in 

 the following synopsis, which also includes a list of 

 all the species represented in Europe. 



Order ECAUDATA. 

 Sub-order Phaneroglossa. 

 Eustachian tubes separated ; tongue present. 



Series A. — Arcifbra. 



Coracoids and prgecoracoids connected by an arched 

 cartilage (the epicoracoid), that of the one side over- 

 lapping that of the other. 



Family 1 . — Disooglossid^. 



Vertebrae opistbocoelous ; short autogenous ribs 

 attached to the anterior diapophyses ; diapophyses 

 of sacral vertebra dilated ; upper jaw toothed. 



