Identifier: geographicaldis01wall (find matches)
Title: Geographical distribution of animals : with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the earth's surface
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: London, Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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of themale bird is decorated during the breeding season. The crestedbird overhead is one of the beautiful green touracos (Titracusmaerorhynchus), belonging to the jMiisophagida?, or plantain-eaters,a family wholly African, and most abundant in the westernsub-region. BeiMes.—In this class we find a large number of peculiarforms ; 13 genera of snakes, 3 of lizards, and 2 of tortoises beingconfined to the sub-region. The snakes are Pariaspis, Elapops,and Prosymna, (Calamariida^), Phamnophis, ITerpetcthiops, andGrnyia (Colubridir), Nevsferophis and LiiiDiophis (Homalopsidir),Simocephalns and Holurophis (Lycodontidio); Pclophilus (Pytho-nida;); Elnpsoidca (Klapidu) ; and Athvris (Viperida^). Thelizards are Palojfhia (Lepidosternidie) ; Otosaurus (Scincida^);Psilodaetylns (Gcckoti(hT). The tortoises, Cinyxis (Testudinidre)and Trirathyra. (Trionichidie). Amphihia.—Of Ami)liibia, there are 2 peculiar genera of tree-frogs, Ifylawhatis and Ifcwimniitis, belonging to the Tolype-<liiti(he.
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CHAP. XI.j tup: ETHIOPIAN REGION. 205 Here, too, we find some interesting relations with the Orientalregion on the one side, and tlie Neotropical on tlie other. Thesnakes of the family Homalopsidse have a wide range, in America,Europe, and all over the Oriental region, hut are confined toWest Africa in the Ethiopian region. DryiopMs (Dryiophidaj)find Dij^sadohoa (Dipsadidce) on tlie other hand, are genera oftropical America which occur also in West Africa. The familyof lizards, Acontiadse, are found in West and South Africa,Ceylon, and the )\Ioluccas. The family of toads, Engystomidae,in West and South Africa and the whole Oriental region; whilethe Phrjaiiscidfe inhabit tropical Africa and Java. Insects.—We have here a large number of peculiar genera.There are 10 of butterflies, Lachnoptcra, Ampliidema, and Catunabelonging to the Nymphalidae, while four others are Lycaenidee.The genus Euxanthe is common to West Africa and Madagascar. Of Coleoptera there are 53 peculiar genera; 20 ar

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