. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 312 BTTFONIDiE. club-shaped, and in the smaller tympanum, the diameter of which equals hardly two thirds that of the eye. Sumatra. a. 2. Sumatra. Zoological Soc. Coll. b. $. ? College of Surgeons [P.]. 49. Bufo divergens. Bufo divergens, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 579, and Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. iii. p. Upper view of head. Closely allied to B. biporcatus, from which it differs in the fol- lowing points:âSupraorbital ridges divergent, forming an angle with the parietal ridges ; tympanum two thirds the width of
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the ... British Museum. 312 BTTFONIDiE. club-shaped, and in the smaller tympanum, the diameter of which equals hardly two thirds that of the eye. Sumatra. a. 2. Sumatra. Zoological Soc. Coll. b. $. ? College of Surgeons [P.]. 49. Bufo divergens. Bufo divergens, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 579, and Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. iii. p. Upper view of head. Closely allied to B. biporcatus, from which it differs in the fol- lowing points:âSupraorbital ridges divergent, forming an angle with the parietal ridges ; tympanum two thirds the width of the eye; first finger extending beyond second ; tarso-metatarsal articula- tion reaching beyond the tip of the snout. Borneo. a-b. Hgr. Matang. c-d. Hgr. Labuan. L. L. Dillwyn, Esq. [P.]. 50. Bufo parietalis. (Plate XXI. fig. 2.) Crown with very prominent ridges, viz. a eanthal, a slight pre- orbital, a supraorbital, a postorbital, a parietal, and an orbito- tympanic ; parietal ridges obliquely directed inwards ; snout short, blunt; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, two thirds the width of the eye. Pirst finger extending beyond second ; toes half webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, tho tarso-metatarsal articu- lation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces covered with irregular warts ; parotoids moderate, elliptic, very prominent. Uniform brown above ; beneath marbled with brown. Male with a subgular vocal sac. Prom snout to vent 82 millim. Malabar. a-b, c. J 2 â Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.].. 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). Department of Zoology . [Amphibia]; Boulenger, George Albert, 1
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