Frogs of southeastern Brazil.
Series: United States National Museum. Bulletin; 206; Bulletin (United States National Museum) ;; 206.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
Subjects: Frogs.; Amphibians -- Brazil.
Description: The frogs of southeastern Brazil belong to two suborders of the order Salientia: The suborder Procoela, which has the centrum of the sacral vertebra concave anteriorly, contains five ot fhe six families occurring the region; and the suborder Diplasiocoela, defined as having the centrum of the sacral vertebra convex anteriorly, and represented by the family Microhylidae, a group easily recognized by reason of the narrow mouth, slender head, and heavy body.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 387-409.