BUFO GALEATUS. 42] 



BUFO KELAARTII. 



Bufo kelaartii, Gilnth. Batr. Sal. p. 140. pi. 10. fig. A. 



Adenomus badioflavns, Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1860, p. 371. 



Crown flat, without bony enlargement; head triangular, with angular rough canthus 

 rostralis and moderate muzzle ; extremities moderate. Fingers rather long and slender, quite 

 free, carpus with a blunt flat tubercle ; toes rather short, broadly webbed ; metatarsus with 

 two small blunt tubercles ; no cutaneous fold along the edge of tarsus. Skin tuberculous, 

 rough ; a very narrow parotoid from the tympanum nearly to the middle of the side of the 

 back ; outer edge of upper eyelid rather prominent, \vith a convex series of rough tubercles. 

 Nostrils lateral, but near the end of snout. Cleft of mouth moderate. Palate quite smooth, 

 without any bony or membranaceous prominences, but with two longitudinal grooves. Tongue 

 very narrow, elliptical, free and entire behind ; inner nares moderate ; eustachian tubes small ; 

 tympanum rather indistinct. Above brown, the back sometimes with lighter, sometimes with 

 darker variegations ; a lighter cross band between the eyes ; extremities with indistinct cross 

 bands. Belly yellowish, more or less distinctly brown-spotted, the spots more crowded 

 towards the middle. 



This species is peculiar to Southern Ceylon ; the largest specimen observed is only 24 lines 

 long. 



Bufo galeatus. (Plate XXVI. fig. L.) 



Crown of the head slightly concave ; a very high, compressed, swollen osseous ridge on 

 eacli side of the neck, commencing immediately behind the orbit, from which it is separated 

 by a shallow groove. The parotoid is small, smaller than the osseous prominence, and con- 

 fluent with it, so that, externally, no division is visible between them. Prominence and 

 parotoid together as long as the head. Snout somewhat pointed, with a sharp canthus 

 rostralis. The osseous margin of the orbit is slightly elevated. Tympanum as large as the 

 eye, indistinct. Skin of the head smooth, of the upper eyelid granular, of the back with a 

 few scattered flat and smooth tubercles. The sides of the body and the legs are covered with 

 numerous conical tvibercles, each terminating in a horny point. Limbs rather thin ; the first 

 finger is decidedly longer than the second. The length of the body equals the distance 

 between the vent and the metatarsal tubercles. Toes shortly webbed, with numerous 

 tubercles below ; metatarsus with two flat tubercles equal in size ; tarsus without longi- 

 tudinal fold. Greyish brown above, beautifully marbled with chestnut-brown. Throat and 

 chest rose-coloured, belly yellowish, all the lower parts with blackish spots. 



We have received a single example from Gamboja ; it is 2^ inches long, the fore limb 

 measuring If inch, the hind limb 2)\ inches, and the fourth toe (from the metatarsal 

 tubercle) f inch. The species is allied to B. celebensis, which, however, has the osseous 

 ridge much smaller than, and separated by an incision from, the parotoid. 



