. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 322 BUFONIDiE. toes entirely webbed ; no tarsal fold. Skin warty ; parotoids mode- rate, prominent, oblong; on eacb side of tbc back a series of larger tubercles, Above greyish, marbled with blackish brown ; yellowish grey beneath, here and there marbled with darker. Colombia. 67. Bufo coccifer. Bufo coccifer, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 130, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (n. s.) viii. p. 100. Crown with strong bony ridgea, viz. a canthal, a preorbital, a supraorbital, a postorbital, a
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. 2d Amphibians. 322 BUFONIDiE. toes entirely webbed ; no tarsal fold. Skin warty ; parotoids mode- rate, prominent, oblong; on eacb side of tbc back a series of larger tubercles, Above greyish, marbled with blackish brown ; yellowish grey beneath, here and there marbled with darker. Colombia. 67. Bufo coccifer. Bufo coccifer, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 130, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (n. s.) viii. p. 100. Crown with strong bony ridgea, viz. a canthal, a preorbital, a supraorbital, a postorbital, an oblique parietal, and an orbito-tym- panic ; snout narrowly rounded; tympanum one fifth orbit. Toes shortly webbed; metatarsal tubercles small, obtusely prominent; tarsal fold scarcely visible. Heel to axilla. Everywhere minutely tubercular; parotoids round, semiglobular. Grey-brown; a yellow vertebral line, with numerous chestnut-brown bands, one from parotoid and one from groin; under surfaces immaculate. Costa Rica. 68. Bufo d'orbignyi. Bufo d'orbignyi, Gunth. Cat. p. 67. Bufo d'orbignyi, Bum. 8f Bibr. p. 697 ; D'Orbigny, Voy. Amir, mind. t. 15. f. 5-7 ; Hensel, Arch, f. Naturg. 1867, p. 141. Ohilophryne d'orbignyi, Fitziiuj. Syst. Eept. i. p. 32 j Espada, Viaj. Pacif., Vert. p. 1" 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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