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THE third order of the class Batrachia is made up of a few creatures the distribution of which is limited to the warmer regions of the earth, where one of the genera (Ccecilici) comprising the group is distributed over both hemispheres, being found in India, Africa, and South America. Two other genera (Siphonops and Rhina-tremd) are exclusively American, while a fourth genus (Epicriuin) is only found in Asia. The order is called Ophiomorpha. These creatures are singularly unlike the frog in external appearance, as they are entirely destitute of limbs and have quite the appearance of earthworms, because they are not only very long and slender, but have also a skin which is soft and naked. By earlier naturalists, and even by Cuvier, they were classed with snakes.
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MIVART, G. The Common Frog * . Nature 9, 67–69 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/009067a0
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