504 



110. Bufo viridis. 



Bufo viridis, Law: Syn. Kept. p. 27, pi. i, fig. 1 ; Stol. J. A. S. B. 



xxxix, 1870, pt. 2, p. 155; id. P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 113 ; Bouleny. 



Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 297. 

 Bufo calamita (non Laur.), Gi'mth. Hept. B. I, p. 420. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, rather blunt ; inter- 

 orbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 about half the diameter of the eye. First finger extending a little 

 beyond second : toes half or two-thirds webbed, with single sub- 

 articular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles : a tarsal 

 fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation usually roaches the eye. Upper 

 parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts ; parotoids 

 very variable in shape and in si/e, generally moderately elongate 

 and kidney-shaped. Olive or greenish, uniform or spotted or 

 marbled with darker ; beneath whitish, uniform or spotted with 

 blackish. Male with a subgular vocal sac and black nuptial excres- 

 cences on the two inner fingers. 



Prom snout to vent 3'5 inches. 



Hub. Europe east of the BhineandKhone, jXorth Africa, Western 

 and Central Asia, Mongolia and Tibet ; Himalayas. At the 

 village of Gieumal Stoliczka found a specimen at about 15,000 feet, 

 which is the highest locality from which a Batrachian was ever 

 recorded. 



111. Bufo andersonii. 



Bufo pantherinus (non D. 8f B.~), Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 203. 

 Bufo andersonii, Boulenc/. A. M. N. H. (5) xii, 1883, p. 163 ; Murray, 

 Zool Sind, p. 401 . 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, blunt ; interorbital 

 space flat, a little broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very 

 distinct, round, two thirds the diameter of the eye. First finger 

 extending as far as second or slightly beyond : toes two-thirds or 

 half webbed, with single subarticular tubercles ; two moderate 

 metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal fold. The tarso-metatarsal articu- 

 lation reaches between the shoulder and the eye. Upper parts with 

 irregular flat warts ; parotoids large, elliptical, flat. Brownish or 

 olive-grey above, spotted or marbled with darker; beneath immacu- 

 late. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 3 inches. 



Hah. Agra, Eajputana, Sind, Muscat in Arabia. 



112. Bufo olivaceus. 



Bufo olivaceus, Blanf. A. M. N. H. (4) xiv, 1874, p. 35 ; id. Zool. 

 E. Pers. p. 434, pi. xxviii, fig. 3 ; Bouleny. Cat. Batr. Sal p. 300. 



Crown without bony ridges; snout short, obliquely truncated from 

 above backwards ; interorbital space slightly concave, a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, vertically oval, its 

 greatest diameter two thirds that of the eye. Fingers moderate, first 



