Keywords: The tailless batrachians of Europe (Page 100) (6216965033).jpg 102 <br> INTEODUCTION <br> denticulate anterior fold leads into the branchial <br> chambers r which contain the four branchial arches <br> Fig 44 <br> Transverse section through the head of larval Pelohates fuscus <br> After Schulze a Upper part B Lower part hr Bran- <br> chial chambers ch Choanse I Lip m Mouth ph Pharynx <br> t Tongue <br> These arches bear on the convex outer side the delicate <br> arborescent gills and on the concave inner side de- <br> velop a membranous septum with vermicular perfora- <br> tions a special sifting or filtering contrivance through <br> which the water absorbed by the mouth has to pass <br> before reaching the respiratory organs of the branchial <br> apparatus <br> Spiraculum ” The water is expelled from the bran- <br> chial chambers by one or two tubes opening by one <br> orifice in all European Batrachians This orifice is <br> the spiraculum In the Discoglossidse two tubes are <br> present which gradually converge towards each other <br> at the end of the first period of development as sliown <br> on Fig 41 p 98 and in the tadpole proper discharge <br> through one transverse slit-like or crescentic opening <br> situated in the middle of the breast Fig 45 a sp <br> In all other tailless Batrachians the tube is single and 36107775 111303 52023 Page 100 Text 1 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36107775 1897 10 5962/bhl title 52023 Boulenger George Albert NameFound Spiraculum NameConfirmed Spiraculum NameBankID 4349265 Biodiversity Heritage Library The tailless batrachians of Europe v 1 Amphibians Europe Frogs SIL Smithsonian Institution Libraries bhl page 36107775 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36107775 Taxonomy Order Anura sil smithsonian institution libraries taxonomy order anura Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-10-06 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/6216965033 2015-09-01 06 24 26 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Anura anatomy The tailless batrachians of Europe Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |