. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 320 BUFONID^. acuminate; loreal regions very oblique ; interorbital space much broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as tbe eye. First finger' extending beyond second ; toes half webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles; two small metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches between the front edge of the tympanum and the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces thickly
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 320 BUFONID^. acuminate; loreal regions very oblique ; interorbital space much broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as tbe eye. First finger' extending beyond second ; toes half webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles; two small metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches between the front edge of the tympanum and the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces thickly covered with conical warts ; parotoids short, round,. Upper view of head. or subtriangular, oblique : generally a series of large, strongly conical warts forms a lateral line beginning from the posterior end of the parotoid. Brown or blackish above ; a black cross streak between the angles of the supraorbital and parietal ridges : generally a light vertebral line and a broad lateral light band ; beneath immaculate, or black-spotted, the throat and breast sometimes, especially in males, black. Male with a subgular vocal sac. Texas : Central America. b, c. 9 & hgr. d. Ys. g, h-l $ , hgr., & vg. m-q. S 2 â r. §. Texas. Mexico. Mexico. Cordova. Vera Cruz. Jalapa, Mexico. Vera Paz. Duenas, Guatemala. M. Salle [C.]. M. Salle [' M. Salle [ | Types of B. sterno- sic/natus, juv. Mr. Iioege [ 0. Salvin, Esq. [P.]. O. Salvin, Esq. [ 63. Bufo melanochlorus. Bufo valliceps, var., Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. 1865, p. 100. melanochlorus, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xvii. p. 85. Crown with prominent ridges, viz. a very weak preorbital, a supraorbital, a postorbital, a long parietal, and an orbito-tympanic ; snout not projecting; tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of the orbit. Toes long, nearly free; two metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. Legs short, the heel reaching the posterior border of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page i
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