. The Batrachia of North America. Amphibians. 264 BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Bufo piinctatus liiurd. KESEKVE SERIES. Catalogue No. of number. spec. 2618 3 2617 1 2315 2 2634 1 2613 1 8168 1 2614 7 4103 2 12661 11 12669 3 12670 5 10196 1 12660 3 5305 5 Locality. San Pedro, Tex Castanuelas, Mexico Ringgold Barracks, Tex. Sonora Rio San Pedro, N. Mox .. Arizona New Mexico Upper California Region La Paz, L. Cal do do White River Canon, Ariz La Paz, L. Cal Cape Saint Lucas, When collected. 1871 1882 1882 1882 1879 1882 From whom received. Lieut. B. Couch, U. S. A. Schott


. The Batrachia of North America. Amphibians. 264 BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Bufo piinctatus liiurd. KESEKVE SERIES. Catalogue No. of number. spec. 2618 3 2617 1 2315 2 2634 1 2613 1 8168 1 2614 7 4103 2 12661 11 12669 3 12670 5 10196 1 12660 3 5305 5 Locality. San Pedro, Tex Castanuelas, Mexico Ringgold Barracks, Tex. Sonora Rio San Pedro, N. Mox .. Arizona New Mexico Upper California Region La Paz, L. Cal do do White River Canon, Ariz La Paz, L. Cal Cape Saint Lucas, When collected. 1871 1882 1882 1882 1879 1882 From whom received. Lieut. B. Couch, U. S. A. Schott ...do Dr. S. W. Woodhouse .... H. B. Mollbausen L. Beldiug do do John Xantus Nature of specimen. Alcoholic. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. BUFO DEBILIS Girard. Proceed. Ac. Phila., 1854,87; Baird, U, S. Mex. Bound. Snrv., ii, Reptil., p. 27; Bouleuger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus , 2 ed., 1832, p. 269. Bnfo ineidio)- GiTavd, Proced. Ac. Phila., 1854,88; Baird, Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, Reptil., p. 26, PI. XLi, figs. 7 e Fig. 01. Bu/o dehilis. No. 2620. Chihuahua, Mex.; ?. This species of toad is nearly related to the B. punctatus and agrees â with it in most respects. The form of the head and the characters of the skin are quite the same; so is the form of the posterior foot. The differences are well marked, and are as follows : The length of the head is contained in the total more than four times. The first finger is shorter than the second. The hind leg is shorter, the end of the tarsus only reaching the posterior border of the tympanum when the leg is extended. The form and dimensions of the parotoid gland are very different. The gland is very large, extending posteriorly to an acuminate extremity which is a little beyond above the axilla. The superior borders of the glands are divergent, so that the total width at their apices is one and one-half times the width of the head at the tympana. The infe


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