308 [December, 



except towards occiput; head granulated above; abdomen and under part of 

 thighs largely granulated ; tongue obcordate, notched posteriorly, free to some 

 extent posteriorly and upon the sides, attached in front; vomerine teeth in two 

 patches between the posterior nares ; the latter subcircular; fingers webbed at 

 their bases ; toes more largely webbed, the web of the fourth toe extending to 

 the distal extremity of the anti-penultimate phalanx. 



Color. Bluish above, (probably green during life,) green upon the extremities ; 

 the greater part of abdomen and the under part of thighs ochraceous ; chin and 

 throat yellow ; a white band extending above the margin of the upper jaw, 

 passing beneath the eye, and terminating midway upon each side of the body ; 

 a white band commencing midway upon the posterior aspect of the tibia, extend- 

 ing along the outer margin of the tarsus and terminating at the base of the 

 second phalanx of the fifth toe or a little beyond it ; no stripe upon the tibia an- 

 teriorly. 



Dimensions, Length of head 6J- lines ; breadth T ; length from extremity of 

 snout to posterior extremity of body 2 inches 1| lines ; length of arm 5 lines ; of 

 forearm 5 ; of band to extremity of longest finger *l\ ; of thigh 1 inch 2 lines : of 

 tibia 1 inch 1 line ; of tarsus 7 J ; of sole to extremity of longest toe 11 lines. 



Hahitat. Texas. 



Gen. Remarks. This is a larger species than Hyla lateralis, the length of which, 

 according to Daudin, is " un poucc et demi au plus." Dr. Holbrook's specimen, 

 however, measured If inches. The largest specimen in the collection of the 

 Academy measures \k inches, (Fr.) It is a much more slender animal than 

 semifasciata. In lateralis, (viridis, Holb.) the lateral stripe extends as far as 

 the anus, and there is a white band running the whole length of the tibia, both 

 anteriorly and posteriorly. The anterior band is absent in semifasciata. 



3d Fam. BUFONIDyE. 



BuFo NEBCLiFEE, Girard. 



Syn. Bupo granulosus, B. and G. Proceed. A. N. S. vol. vi. p. 173. 



Char. Head triangular, depressed, about as broad as long, with two sharp 

 elevated ridges extending from the extremity of the snout along the inner mar- 

 gin of the eyelids ; this ridge bifurcates about two-thirds of the distance along 

 the inner margin, the external branch terminating in a thick ridge immediately 

 above the tymj)anum, which itself sends off a prolongation anteriorly, passing 

 down between the orbit and the tympanum, and terminating on a level with the 

 inferior margin of the former ; the supra-orbitar ridge sends off also anteriorly 

 a prolongation or branch, which passes down obliquely in front of the orbit, ter- 

 minating in a line with its inferior border, leaving a triangular space upon the 

 side of the head anteriorly ; the internal branch above terminates on a level 

 with the superior margin of the parotid gland about a line from it, and reaches 

 nearly to the posterior margin of the occiput; the extremities of the two are two 

 lines and a half apart posteriorly. These elevated and well defined ridges pro- 

 duce several well marked depressions, or rather concavities, the one long and 

 broad, upon the middle of the upper part of the head, the other two lateral and 

 posterior, and much smaller, the posterior margin formed in part by the anterior 

 margin of the parotids ; nostrils small, just within the anterior extremity of the 

 supra-orbitar ridge ; tympanum rather small, round, very apparent ; no teeth in 

 the upper or lower jaw ; no palatine or vomerine teeth ; internal nares rather 

 large, suboval; a slightly elevated ridge in front; upper jaw notched anteriorly; 

 tongue long, narrow, broader posteriorly, erectile, not notched behind, attached 

 in front, free to some extent laterally ; eustachian foramina triangular in shape, 

 rather smaller than anterior nares apparently ; extremities moderate ; toes 4 5, 

 first and fourth finger longest ; two subpalmar tubercles, with a well marked 

 ridge in the middle ; fourth toe much the longest ; posterior extremities webbed 

 at the base, the web of the fourth toe reaching to the base of the ante-penulti- 

 mate phalanx ; no webs anteriorly ; body moderately robust, thickly covered 



