12 BUFO ERYTHRONOTUS. 



Dimensions. Length of body from snout to vent, 20 lines; of thigh, 6 hnes; 

 of leg, 6 lines; of tarsus and toes, 6 lines. 



Habits, This animal is found in the deep forests of oak in the neighbourhood 

 of Charleston, and is apparently rare, as in nine years I have not seen more than 

 a dozen specimens, consequently nothing can be said of its habits. 



Geographical Distribution. As yet this animal has only been observed in 

 South Carolina. 



General Remarks. There is no doubt that this animal is an adult, though I 

 was at first disposed to consider it the young of the large toad of similar colour 

 mentioned by Bartram in his Travels in Florida, which as yet I have never 

 seen. Subsequent observation has, however, convinced me to the contrary; for 

 Bartram's animal weighed nearly a pound, while no specimen of the Bufo 

 erythronotus exceeded twenty lines in length; nor can it be the young of the 

 Bufo lentiginosus, as the superciliary ridges are not elevated, and the slight 

 elevation that does exist is between the nostrils and orbit; or the young of the 

 Bufo Americanus, which is sometimes red, for this latter animal does not inhabit 

 the low country of South Carolina, nor has it the spade-like process at the foot, 

 as in that animal; nor, in fact, is it the young of any animal, as might be inferred 

 from its size, for I have seen the male and female together, and have seen their 

 spawn. 



