BATBACHIA. ECAUDATA. 
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Hkron-Royer, — , & Van Bambeke, C. Sur les caract^res fournis 
par la bouche des tetards des Batraciens Anoures ; Commuaicatiou 
prdlirainaire. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 1881, pp. 75-81. 
The principal characters taken from the structure of the mouth of the 
European Ecaudata are arranged in a synopsis. 
Hisron-Royer writes on the effects of shade on the development of 
the tailless Batrachians; Le Nat. 1881, p. 380. 
JouRDAiN, S. Sur les sacs sous-cutancs et les sinus lymphatiques de la 
region c^phalique dans la Rana temporaria, C. R. xciii. pp. 697-600. 
Klug, F. Ueber die Herznerven des Frosches. Arch. Anat. Phys. 1881, 
pp. 330-345, pi. xiii. 
Lessona, M. Bello Albinismo nei Girini della Rana temporaria. Atti 
Acc. Tor. xvi. pp. 94-98. 
Stour, P. Zur Entwicldungsgeschichte des Anurenschadels. Z. wiss. 
Zool. xxxvi. pp. 60-103, pis. ii. & iii. 
. Ueber die Haftorgano der Anurenlarven. SB. Ges. Wiirzb. 
1881, p. 118. 
Yung, E. De I’influence de la nature des aliments sur le d(5veloppement 
de la Grenouille. C. R. xcii. pp. 1525-1527. 
. De Pinfluence de la nature des aliments sur la sexuality. Op. cit. 
xciii. pp. 854-856. 
Ranida*}. 
Rana. W. Peters makes remarks on the African species which are pro- 
vided with slits for the external vocal sacs, and expresses the opinion that 
R. nilotica^ Seetzen, R. mossamhica, Ptrs., R. hibroni, Hallow., and R. 
porosissima, Stdchr., are specifically distinct from R. mascareniensis^ 
D. & B. ; SB. nat. Fr. 1881, p. 162. R. ahyssinica^ sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 163, 
Abyssinia. 
According to Bottger, Abb. senck. Ges. xii. p. 113, Rana bihroni is 
distinct from R. mascareniensis^ as it is said to lack the external vocal 
vesicles. R. trinodis^ sp. n., Bottger, 1. c. p. 114, pi. i. fig. ii., Senegambia. 
J. V. Bedriaga considers Rana fusca, Rosel, R. iberica, Blgr., R. arvalis, 
Nilss., R. agilis, Thomas, and R. latastii, Blgr., severally as subspecies of 
R. temporaria] Bull. Mosc. Iv. pt. 1, p. 300. 
Rana fusca honnorati^ subsp. n., Heron-Royer, Bull. Ac. Belg. (3) i. 
p. 139, 2 pis., France. 
Rana nigricans^ Hallow., pi. iv. fig. 3, lecontiiy Gir., pi. iv. fig. 1, vail> 
lanti, Brocchi (= R. palmipes, Spix), pi. ii., macidata^ Brocchi, pi. iii. 
fig. 2, macroglossa, Brocchi, pi. iii. fig. 1, and montezumai^ Bd., pi. iv. fig. 2, 
figured by Brocchi, Miss. Sc. Mex.j Batr. 
Rana liebigi, Gthr. Peters describes the copulatory excrescences of 
the male of this species, for which he uses the name R. gigas, Blyth (nec 
Spix) ; SB. nat. Fr. 1881, p. 162. [These excrescences have been alluded 
to by Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 204.— Reg.] 
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