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Char. Head triangular, tongue oval, attached in front, free on the greater 

 part of its extent posteriorly; body short and thick, rugose above; eyelids 

 warty, anterior extremities of moderate thickness, posterior rather stout, 

 fingers slightly webbed at their base, four fingers, five toes, the second finger 

 much the longer, the two outer ones of nearly equal length ; the web of (he Job 

 extending to the base of the terminal phalanx. 



Oxyglossus lima Tschudi. 



Syn. Oxydozyga braccata Kuhl, MS. 



Bombinatorlima Mus. Lngd. et Francf. 



Oxygossus lima Tschudi. Classif. der Batrachier. (Mem. Acad. Neuch. 

 torn. i. p. 85.) 

 Spec. char. Brownish above, with a tinge of yellow below ; a brown band 

 bordered with white upon the posterior of the thighs. 



Dimensions. Length of head 7 lines ; greatest breadth 6 ; length of head 

 and body 1 inch 2 lines ; length of anterior exterior toes 6 lines ; of posterior, 

 1 inch 7 lines; of thigh 6 lines ; of leg 6; of tarsus 3 ; of foot to extremity of 

 longest toe 7 lines. 

 Habitat. Hong-Kong. 



Gen. remarks. In the webbing of the feet this animal resembles Dactylethra ; 

 but in the form and arrangement of the tongue, and in other respects, it is quite 

 different. Dumeril & Bibron have given Bengal and Java as the habitat. 



BuFONIDiE. 



Bufo Laur. 

 Bgfo griseus nob. 



Char. Head short and broad, snout slightly truncate ; two rather long 

 elliptical paratoids, toes semipalmate, numerous subround tubercles, above upon 

 the back, color greyish above, white or light yellow beneath, with dark-colored 

 markings upon the abdomen. 



Dimensions. Length of head 4 lines ; greatest breadth 4 ; length of body 9 

 lines; of arm 3 lines; of forearm 3 lines ; of hand and fingers 3 lines ; of thigh 

 4 lines ; of leg 4 ; of tarsus 3 lines ; of foot to extremity of longest toe 4 lines. 



Habitat. Hong-Kong, China, July, 1854. Caught by Mr. Stimpson in the 

 marshes of Whampoa. 



Engystoma Wagl. 



Engystoma pulchkum nob. 



Char. Head small, triangular, snout acute; two tubercles upon the heel: 

 toes semipalmated; ground color of head and body above yellowish, presenting 

 several series of undulating bands, on the side of the latter resembling the 

 contortions of certain geological formations ; a black band across the head 

 between the eyes posteriorly ; a series of undulating bars in front of this ; 

 snout dark-colored, two dark-colored bands meeting near the middle of the 

 body, and diverging; within them numerous dark-colored lines and oval spots 

 bordered with white; similar oval spots between the thighs; arms partly 

 yellowish ; chin and throat mottled with black. 



Dimensions. Length of head 3 lines ; greatest breadth 3 ; length of head and 

 body 10 lines ; length of anterior extremities 6 lines ; of posterior 1 inch, 7 

 lines. 



Habitat. Hong-Kong, China. Common in the brackish water marshes 

 between Hong-Kong and Whampoa, China. June, 1854. It is colored on the 

 back with bluish, brown, white, yellowish, etc, concentrically arranged as in 

 Agate. 



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