. Breviora. 1950 NEW SPECIES OF CUBAN TOAD tnbei'cles on the doi-sum of B. niipiisxs are not spinous, as they are in B. (jiiixlldcJii, tliat in B. onpiisus the tynipaniiiii is pro- ])ortionately much smaller than in B. (jiindlachi, and that the metatarsal tubercle of B. oiipusus is lar<ie and keratinized while that of B. [jiiudlachi is smaller and not keratinized. Description of ttjpc and parafifpes. A small, short-legged toad (see Table 1 and Table 2). Head with high supraorbital crests that are continuous with the supratympanic crests (see Figure 1). The posterioi- end of the supratympani
. Breviora. 1950 NEW SPECIES OF CUBAN TOAD tnbei'cles on the doi-sum of B. niipiisxs are not spinous, as they are in B. (jiiixlldcJii, tliat in B. onpiisus the tynipaniiiii is pro- ])ortionately much smaller than in B. (jiindlachi, and that the metatarsal tubercle of B. oiipusus is lar<ie and keratinized while that of B. [jiiudlachi is smaller and not keratinized. Description of ttjpc and parafifpes. A small, short-legged toad (see Table 1 and Table 2). Head with high supraorbital crests that are continuous with the supratympanic crests (see Figure 1). The posterioi- end of the supratympanic crest is usually thicker than the crest proper. The area between the two supra- tympanic crests is marked by a number of w'ell-developed pro-. Figure '2. Dorsal view of the head of B. longi7uisus dun)ii, AMKII 60802. The pigment patterns have been excluded from the drawing. tuberances or bosses. A low canthal crest is often present. The rest of the head surface may show smaller isolated rugosities and ridges (see Figures 1 and 3). There is considerable variation in the size and extent of the rugosities in the various specimens. Eye with a horizontal elliptical pupil. Tympanum small and not sharply demarcated. Parotid gland spinous, lateral in posi- tion, irregular in outline, and not clearly demarcated in many specimens. Skin of the dorsum, tubercular, with some of the. 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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