. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 4. bufo. 295 half the width of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second ; toes two-thirds webbed, with double subartieular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articu- lation reaches the tympanum or the hinder edge of the eye. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts ; parotoids moderate, kidney-shaped ; a parotoid-like gland on the calf. Olive above, spotted or marbled with blackish; a l
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 4. bufo. 295 half the width of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second ; toes two-thirds webbed, with double subartieular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articu- lation reaches the tympanum or the hinder edge of the eye. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts ; parotoids moderate, kidney-shaped ; a parotoid-like gland on the calf. Olive above, spotted or marbled with blackish; a light vertebral stripe ; beneath more or less spotted or marbled with blackish. Ladak. This new species, which I have the pleasure of naming after my friend M. Fernand Lataste, is closely allied to both B. calamita and B. raddii. From the former it differs chiefly in the great distinct- ness of the tympanum and the extensive web between the toes ; from B. raddii in the latter character and in the double subartieular tubercles of the toes. a-e. 5, hgr., & yg. Ladak. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 22. Bufo sumatranus. Bufo sumatranus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 648. Crown without bony ridges; snout short, subacuminate; tym- panum distinct, one fourth the width of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; toes webbed at the base; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal fold. Hind limb short. Upper sur- faces closely granulate, with large conical warts ; parotoids oval, twice as long as broad. Greyish brown above, with brown dark- edged spots; beneath black-spotted. Sumatra. 23. Bufo halophilus. Bufo chilensis, part., GihUh. Cat. p. 57. Bufo halophila, Beard 変 Oir. P-oc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 301; Girard, Proc. Ac Philad. 1854, p. 87, and Bound. Surv. ii. p. 2(3, pi. 41. f. 4 Lower surface of fcot. Crown without bony ridges : snout short, blunt; interorbital space flat, as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, half the width of the
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