BATRACHIA

(Lat.), n. n, pl. $)’ki2(ch?i2)-a3, From ßärpaxos, a frog. Fr., batraciens. Ger., Bat racier, Batrachier. The batrachians: 1. Of Bonaparte, a subcla of the Amvu, divided into the Mutabilia and the Immutabitia. (A 204.] . Of Owen, an order of the Hæmatocrya, including all amphibians, divided into the CRT the Ichthyomorpha, and the Theriomorph a. [L, 14, 147.) 3. Of Tschudi, a division of the Amphibia, including those with four limbs and no tail. [L, 204.] 4. Of Huxley, the B. ecaudata, [L.]—B. anura. See B. ecaudata—B. apod a. Ger., Schleichenlurche. Those B. that have no limbs, L.J—B. can data. Fr., marcheurs. Ger., Schwanzmotche. The Jrodela; those B. that in the perfect state have two or four limbs and a tail; divided into the families Sal am and ridæ, Amphiumidæ, Proteidæ, and Sirenidæ, [L,|—B. ecaudata. Fr., sauteurs. Ger., Froschlurche. The Anura; those B. that in the perfect state have four limbs, but no tail; including the frogs and toads. [L, 204. = B.gradient i a. See B caudata.—B. salient i a. See B.ecaudata. —B. urodela. See B. caudata.