A PP E N D IX .
Wherever stagnant water occurs in Southern -Africa, specimens of this frog will generally he
ound, and in the extensive ponds which communicate with the Salt RiveJ, near to where it enters
Table Bay, hundreds may be procured in a few hours. It'is ’Oftenër found in water than on land, yet
it is frequently observed on the latter close to the former, into which it instantly escapes on any cause of
ai™ It «always covered with a thick mucus, in consequence is retained in the hand. very slippery, and with difficultJy
POSTSCRIPT.
S the le*ter-Press description of Bufo 'carats, plate 68, I mentioned that I considered this Batra-
chan would require to he regarded as the type of a group, if the absence of parotids was a constant
c aracter. I have now, in addition to the specimen I possessed when the above was published, six
others m all of which the deficiency exists, I therefore propose to sink the name S u fd carms, and
substitute tor it Schisniaderma lateralis.
SCHISMADERMA, n. g .
CL Om Teeth very small, in the. lower, jaw only. Tongue-long, narrow, and rohnded at
each extremity, the posterior half free. No palatal teeth. Tympanum, distinct. -Eustachian tubes
small. No parotid glands. Toes of anterior extremities free, of hinder ones webbed at their base
aGnrda npuolraoru tsu. berAcl egsu olanr uvnodcealr ssaucr fianc eth eo fm toalees.. Skin of hack and sides-slightly fissured, subtubercular'
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