. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 325 orbital, and an orbito-tympanic; snout acuminate, prominent; loreal region very concave ; interorbital space much broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about two thirds the width of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; toes half or two-thirds webbed,with double subarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a short tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches between the should
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 325 orbital, and an orbito-tympanic; snout acuminate, prominent; loreal region very concave ; interorbital space much broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about two thirds the width of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; toes half or two-thirds webbed,with double subarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a short tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches between the shoulder and the tympanum. Upper surfaces covered with small tubercles; parotoids moderate, transverse, rather indistinct. Brownish above, marbled with darker; sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; beneath immaculate. Male with a subgular vocal sac. W. Indies. a-c,d, e. c?, $, & yg. /• $• 9-h. 6 2- S. Domingo. S. Domingo. Hayti. Sir A. Smith [P.]. J. Hearne, Esq. [P.]. 74. Bufo peltocephalus. Bufo peltocephalus, Gfiintk. Cat. p. 67. Bufo peltocephalus, (Bibr.) TscJmdi, Batr. p. 89; Bibr. in Ramon de la Sagra) lUxt. Cuba, Sept. pi. 30; Bam. $ Bibr. p. 712. Peltophryne peltocephala, Fitziag. Syst. Rept. i. p. Upper view of head. Derm of head involved in cranial ossification; crown with pro- minent ridges, viz. a canthal, a supraorbital, a postorbital, and an orbito-tympanic; canthal ridge not confluent with supraorbital, ending in a knob; supraorbital and postorbital ridges forming a right angle ; snout short, blunt ; interorbital space much broader than the upper eyelid : tympanum very distinct, two thirds or half the width of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; toes half webbed; subarticular tubercles double under the last phalanges of fourth toe; two moderate metatarsal tubercles; a short. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrat
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