CHAP. XIX.] 
AMPHIBIA. 
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AMPHIBIA. 
Order L—PSEUDOPHlVlA . 
Family 1. — CiECILIADAE. (4 Genera, 10 Species.) 
General Distribution, 
Neotropical 
SUB-REQIONS. 
Nearctio 
SuB-REGIQNS. 
Pal^earctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions, 
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The Cseciliadee are a curious group of worm-like Amphibia 
sparingly scattered over the three great tropical regions. The 
genera are,*— Ccecilia, which inhabits West Africa, Malabar and 
South America; Siphonopsis, peculiar to Brazil and Mexico; 
Iehthyopsis, from Ceylon and the Khasya Mountains ; and Rhina- 
trevna from Cayenne. 
Order II.—tlRODELA. 
Family 2.— SIBENIDiE. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
N EARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Pal^arctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
The genus Siren, consisting of eel-like Batrachians with two 
anterior feet and permanent branchiae, inhabits the South- 
Eastern States of North America from Texas to Carolina. 
