. Breviora. 10 BREVIORA No. 105 lateral parotids and well-developed cranial crests and are tlius similar to the peltacepkalus-empusus-gundlachi group. B. longi- , as Barbour (1914) observed, stands out as a unique West Indian species unrelated to any of the other known forms. A word is in ordei- here concerning Bufo turpis Barbour from Virgin Gorda near Puerto Rico. I have compared the type (MCZ 4099) of this species with a number of specimens of B. lemnr from Puerto Rico (MCZ 30614-5 and AMNH 10148 to 10151). Figure 8. Dorsal view of the head of B. guntheri, MCZ 3104. and can find no v
. Breviora. 10 BREVIORA No. 105 lateral parotids and well-developed cranial crests and are tlius similar to the peltacepkalus-empusus-gundlachi group. B. longi- , as Barbour (1914) observed, stands out as a unique West Indian species unrelated to any of the other known forms. A word is in ordei- here concerning Bufo turpis Barbour from Virgin Gorda near Puerto Rico. I have compared the type (MCZ 4099) of this species with a number of specimens of B. lemnr from Puerto Rico (MCZ 30614-5 and AMNH 10148 to 10151). Figure 8. Dorsal view of the head of B. guntheri, MCZ 3104. and can find no valid reason for considering B. turpis a distinct species. The differences in the shai)e of the dorsal crests cited by Barbour (1917) are insignificant and clearly within the ex- pected range of variation of a species. Nor does the single specimen of B. turpis give any evidence of being siibspecifically distinct. Consetpiently B. turpis should be placed in the svnonvmv of B. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Size: 1703px × 1467px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorharvarduniversitymuseumofcomparative, bookcentury1900
