. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 310 BUFONID^. Holbr. Herp. v. pi. 1; Bum. 8,- Bibr. p. 689; Leconte, Proc. Ac. Philad. 18-55, p. 430. Bufo lentiginosis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, p. 86. Chilophryne lentiginosa, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1863, p. Upper view of head. Lower surface of foot. Supraorbital ridges swollen behind and produced beyond the angle of the postorbitals ; subarticular tubercles generally simple; metatarsal tubercles moderate. s, t. Many spec.: N. America. E. Doubleday, Esq. [P.]
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 310 BUFONID^. Holbr. Herp. v. pi. 1; Bum. 8,- Bibr. p. 689; Leconte, Proc. Ac. Philad. 18-55, p. 430. Bufo lentiginosis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, p. 86. Chilophryne lentiginosa, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1863, p. Upper view of head. Lower surface of foot. Supraorbital ridges swollen behind and produced beyond the angle of the postorbitals ; subarticular tubercles generally simple; metatarsal tubercles moderate. s, t. Many spec.: N. America. E. Doubleday, Esq. [P.]. Mr. Cope (Check-list N. Amer. Eept.) distinguishes besides the three following yarieties :— Var. C. frontosus. Bufo frontosus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 301. Vae. D. cognatus. Bufo cognatus, {Say) Holbr. Herp. v. p. 21. Yae. E. fowleri. Bufo fowleri, Putnam, MS. 46. Bufo occipitalis. Bufo occipitalis, Camerano, Atti Ac. Tor. xiv. p. 889. Crown deeply concave, on each side with a straight bony ridge, very prominent and swollen behind (resembling a parotoid); a slight ofbito-tympanic ridge. Snout pointed, prominent; h rnjiamim small, not very distinct. Eirst and second fingers equal; toes nearly entirely webbed; two moderate metatarsal tubercles: no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation marks the tip of the snout. Skin covered witli small granular tubercles; parotoid moderate,its lower border forming an angle. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London Printed by order of the Trustees
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