. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 320 acuminate ; loreal regions very oblique ; intcrorbital space much, broader thau the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye. First finger extending beyond second; toes halt* webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles; two small metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind, limb being carried forwards along tho 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 ; p
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 320 acuminate ; loreal regions very oblique ; intcrorbital space much, broader thau the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye. First finger extending beyond second; toes halt* webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles; two small metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind, limb being carried forwards along tho 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 yiew 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. a. b, c. $ & hgr. d. Yg. e. Yg- f. ff, m r. h-i. 5, ?â hgr. & y Texas. Mexico. M. Salle [C.]. Mexico. M. Salle [) Types of ( B. sterno- Cordova. M. Salle [ j sir/natus, ). juv. Vera Cruz. Jalapa, Mexico. Mr. Hoege [ Vera Paz. 0. Salvin, Esq. [P.]. Duenas, Guatemala. 0. Salvin, Esq. [ 63. Bufo melanochlorus. Bufo valliceps, var., Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. 1805, 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 images that may have been dig
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