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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURB. 
roofed by pterygoids, tongue present ; coracoids abutting, no 
arched cartilages; a postcoracoid suprascapula having a 
ligamentous articulation with prootic. 
EANIFORMIA. 
I. Bufonoid Raniformia. 
1. Bbevicipitidab ; Brevieeps. 
2. Engystomid^ : Phrynomantisj Microliyla^ Calhila, Systoma (Tscb. 
= CacopuSy Gtlir.), Enyystoma (including I>iplopdmd)y Adenomera. 
3. Phryniscid^ : CalophrynuSy Copeciy AtelopuSy Phrynidiuniy Rhino- 
dermay PhryniscuSy Brachycephalus. 
4. Dendrobatid^ : Dendrobates. 
II. Ranoid Raniformia. 
6. CoLOSTETHiDJB : Colostcthus. 
6. Ranidae, with the genera mentioned in Zool. Rec. ii. p. 169. 
GASTRECHMIA. 
1. Hemisib.® : Hemisus. 
Aglossa. 
Bactyklhra. Dr. Stoindaclmor retains I), miilkri as a species distinct 
from 2), Icevis. Novara, Amphib. p. 4. 
Ranina. 
PhrynoghsmSy g. n., Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1867, p. 29, dis- 
tinguished from Oxyglossus by the tongue being nearly entirely grown to the 
bottom of the mouth. Ph. martensiiy sp. n., Peters, /. e., from Bangkok. The 
author observes that Oxyglossus Icevis (Gthr.) belongs to this genus, and that 
O. lima has a parotoid gland. 
Pyxicephalus cordofanuSy sp. n., Steindachner, Novara, Amphib. p. 8. 
Rana. Dr. Steindachner describes, beside several common species, Rana 
porosissima from Angola as new, 1. c. p. 18, and figures Rana iigrinay taf. 1. 
ligs. 14-17. 
Rana anehietcey sp. n., Bocage, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 843, c. fig., from 
Benguella. 
Rana temporaria. Notice of a case of polymely, by Giebel, Zeitschr. ges. 
Ntiwiss. xxix. p. 604. The same author mentions a Bomhinator igneus witli 
one hind leg only. 
Hoplohatrachus reinhardtiiy sp. n., Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1867, 
p. 711, East Indies. 
Ccratophrys hoiei. Dr. Hensel describes a half-grown example. Wiegm. 
Arch. 1867, p. 121. 
Oystignaihus. Dr. Steindachner describes C. occllatus, C. lahyrinthiauSy C. 
typhoniuSy and, as a new species, C. (Eujisophus) fidiginos 2 is from Rio Ja- 
neiro, Novara, Amphib. p. 25, taf. 1. figs. 18-22. — Dr. Ilensel (Wiegm. Arch. 
1867) gives very detailed descriptions of Cystignathus occllatus, p. 123, C. mys- 
taceus (Spix), which is not identical with C, occllatus, p. 126, and C. gracilis 
(D. & B.), p. 130. 
Pleurodema bibronii. Dr. Ilensel is inclined to regard the varieties of tliis 
