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the. greatest diameter of latter; parotoids large, very distinct, 
_ Slightly oblique, one and two-thirds times as long as broad; tem- 
poral area behind crests depressed; eyelids strongly tubercular; 
a prominent tubercle on both anterior and posterior corners of 
eyelid; entire upper surface with spiny tubercles of unequal size, 
the largest ones in the median dorsal region; large spiny tuber- 
cles behind angle of jaws to above arm; a distinct single tubercle 
between parotoid and end of occipital crests; entire upper surface 
of limbs, as well as soles of feet, with spiny tubercles; belly, 
throat, and underside of limbs with rather uniform small gran- 
ules; fingers without web; first finger thick, extending farther 
than second or fourth; a large, keeled, oval tubercle on palm as 
long as second finger; a smaller conical tubercle on outer base 
of first finger; subarticular tubercles not very distinctly differen- 
tiated from other granules; toes about one-third webbed, third 
toe distinctly longer than fifth; a strong inner metatarsal tubercle 
as long as first toe; strong flat oval outer tubercle; subarticular 
tubercles not well differentiated from other granules; tibiotarsal 
articulation reaches a little beyond posterior part of parotoid. 
Color in alecohol.—Above uniform brownish, no markings being 
visible ; sides dark brown to black; head lighter variegated brown ; 
parotoids lighter brown than back; limbs with very indistinct 
darker and lighter marks; below dirty yellowish brown, with 
spots and mottlings of brownish. 
Measurements of Bufo philippinicus Boulenger. 
mm. 
Length, snout to vent os 
Length of head 21 
Width of head 26 
Diameter of eye 8.5 
Diameter of tympanum 6.1 
Length of snout 9 
Depth of head, in front of eye 9 
Depth of head, at tympanum 11.5 
Length of parotoid __ 13 
Width of parotoid 7 
Foreleg 43 
Longest finger 15 
Hind leg 80 
Femur ; 26 
Tibia 25 
Longest toe -= 
Variation.—There are three adult specimens of this species 
in the Bureau of Science collection, two of which were taken 
from the stomachs of Boiga dendrophila Boie, from Palawan. 
