21,3 Taylor: Herpetological Fauna, II 281 
The ground color on the back varied greatly. There were 
various shades of brown, red-brown, maroon, clay white, cream 
yellow, orange, lavender, and purple. Practically no two speci- 
mens could be found of exactly the same color. The characteris- 
tic markings on the back (two irregular lines crossing on the 
shoulders, continued brokenly across the folded leg, and large 
round black spots on the groins usually concealed by the femur 
when the animal is seated) were invariably present in life. 
Many, if not all of the males, had deep brown markings on the 
chin and the throat, and a few had the belly also spotted with 
dusky. Several specimens had a few scattered, irregular, deep 
black spots on the back. The stellate yellow dots on sides and 
belly are present in a large number of the specimens. 
A single specimen, almost red above, was taken at Abung- 
abung, on the southern coast. 
Bufo philippinicus Boulenger. 
Bufo philippinicus BOULENGER, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. V 19 (1887) 
848, pl. 10, fig. 5; TAyLor, Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 344; 
Amphibians and Turtles of the Philippine Islands (1921) 146. 
A splendid series of this species was recently obtained by 
Gregorio Lopez, at Coron, Busuanga. The series consists of 
numerous adult, half-grown, and young specimens. 
Boulenger established the species on an adult female specimen 
collected in Palawan by Everett. The species has since been 
collected at various places in Palawan, Balabac, and Busuanga. 
Various reports of a large toad occurring in Mindanao have 
reached me, but I cannot state without doubt the origin of any of 
the specimens I have examined that are supposed to have come 
from Mindanao. No species of Bufo, as far as I know, has 
ever been reported authentically from Luzon or from the 
Visayan Islands. Three small species occur in Mindanao. 
The largest specimen, an adult female, measures 92 millimeters 
from snout to vent. The largest male examined measures 73 
millimeters. 
The specimens at hand were collected in the daytime by 
schoolboys. More than twenty specimens were found. 
Megalophrys stejnegeri Taylor. 
Megalophrys stejnegeri TAYLOR, Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 347, 
pl. 10, figs. 1. and 1a; Amphibians and Turtles of the Philippine 
Islands (1921) 148, pl. 10, figs. 1 and 1a. 
Three specimens of this species were obtained; one from 
northern Surigao, collected and presented to me by Charles 
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