. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 308 BUrONIDJE about half the width of the eye. First finger longer than second ; toes half webbed; subarticular tubercles generally double; two. moderate metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the bodj^, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye. Upper surfaces covered with small warts; paro- toids elliptic, moderate, close to the eye. Olive above, with irregular, sometimes confluent, dark spots ; belly immaculate, or with slight spots. Male
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 308 BUrONIDJE about half the width of the eye. First finger longer than second ; toes half webbed; subarticular tubercles generally double; two. moderate metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the bodj^, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye. Upper surfaces covered with small warts; paro- toids elliptic, moderate, close to the eye. Olive above, with irregular, sometimes confluent, dark spots ; belly immaculate, or with slight spots. Male with a subgular vocal sac. Ecuador; Mexico. a-d. S ? . Andes of Ecuador. Mr. Eraser [0.]. (Types.) 44. Bufo dipternus. Bufo dipternus, Cope, Amer. Nat. xiii. p. 437. Two faint straight supraorbital ridges, and a postorbital, but no supratympanic ridge ; snout truncate; tympanum rather indistinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. Toes shortly webbed at the base; two shovel-shaped metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articula- tion reaches the tympanum. Skin rough with small tubercles; parotoid a wide oval, in contact with the postorbital ridge. Above ashen, Avith largo brown, black-edged spots; below immaculate ; metatarsal spurs black. Montana. 45. Bufo lentiginosus. Bufo lentiginosus, GUnfh. Cat. p. 68. Cateshj, Nat. Hist. Carol, ii. pi. 09; Bart. Travels in Carol, p. 279. ? Rana musica, Linn. S. N. i. p. 354. Bufo lentiginosus, S/uno, Zool. iii. p. 173. musicus, TscJimli, Batr. p. 88 ; Harlan, Jovryi. Ac. PMlad. v. p. 344. A supraorbital and a postorbital bony ridge, forming together a right angle ; snout short, blunt; interorbital space as broad as, or a little narrower than, the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, generally nearly as large as the eye. First finger extending beyond. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colo
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