16,3 Taylor: Philippine Amphibia 34] 
toes scarcely extend beyond the swollen interdigital skin; first 
and last toes as long as corresponding fingers; toes with disks 
similar to those on fingers; sole of foot smooth, with no metatar- 
sal tubercles present; hind limb brought forward reaches to 
center of eye. (After Peters.) 
Color.**—Presumably blackish brown above, with white spots, 
beneath marbled brown. 
Measurements of Bufo brevipes (Peters). 
Length, snout to vent 18 
Foreleg 13 
Hind leg 23 
Femur i § 
Tibia : 7 
Tarsus 4 
Entire foot 10 
Remarks.—The types are from Zamboanga, Minadanao, and 
were collected by Semper. Only the two type specimens appear 
to have been found. I believe it has not been rediscovered. 
Bufo muelleri Boulenger. 
Bufo muelleri BoULENGER, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. V 20 (1887) 52. 
Description of species.—(From Boulenger.) “Closely allied 
to B. pulcher Boulenger. Crown without bony ridges; snout . 
short, obliquely truncate, with perpendicular lores; interorbital 
space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very indistinct, 
fingers rather long, somewhat widening and truncate at the end, 
first much shorter than second; toes rather short, webbed to the 
tips, which are slightly swollen; metatarsal tubercles, two, flat 
and very indistinct; the membrane bordering the inner toe ex- 
tends as a fine fold along the tarsus. The tibio-tarsal articula- 
tion reaches the anterior border of the orbit. Skin nearly 
smooth above, granular inferiorly; no parotoids. Black above 
with lighter wavy lines or marblings, and with round white 
dots on the sides and limbs; throat and belly marbled with 
brown. Male with a subgular vocal sac.” 
“From snout to vent 30 millim.” 
Remarks.—The type, a male specimen from Mindanao, is in 
oF British Museum of Natural History. No other specimen’ is 
own, 
“Said to agree with Bufo borbonicus Boie. 
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