Hypopachus

Hypopachus variolosus

Hypopachus is an amphibian genus of the family -mouthed.

Description

The pupils are vertical. The tongue is elliptic with entire margins and rear can be lifted freely. Palate teeth are missing. Between the posterior nares and before the throat is ever a fold of skin available. The eardrum is invisible. The fingers are free, toes connected by a trace of webbing. This does not intervene between the metatarsals of the 4th and 5th toe. The fingers and toes are blunt and have simple bony phalanges. The Omosternum missing. The sternum is cartilaginous. The transverse processes of the Sacralwirbels are excessively broadened.

Occurrence

The genus occurs from southern Texas in the United States and southern Sonora in Mexico to Costa Rica before.

System

The genus was first described in 1867 by Hypopachus Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein. It includes 4 types:

• Hypopachus barberi Schmidt, 1939
• Hypopachus pictiventris ( Cope, 1886)
• Hypopachus ustus ( Cope, 1866)
• Hypopachus variolosus ( Cope, 1866)