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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British Museum The object of this Catalogue is to give a description of all the species of Tail-less Batrachians (Batrachia Salientia) in the Collection of the British Museum, with an indication of their history and origin, and an account of the species to be found in other Collections which are desiderata to the National Museum. Dr. Gunther observes: - "The system according to which I have arranged the Batrachia Anura in the Collection of the British Museum differs in many respects from those hitherto employed. I have explained, in a paper in the 'Proceedings of the Zoological Society, ' 1858, p. 339, the reasons which have induced me to subordinate the character of the maxillary teeth to that of the dilated or tapering toes, in dividing the section Opisihoglossa. By so doing we obtain two parallel series, in each of which corresponding members occur in regular succession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."