8 BUFO LENTIGINOSUS. 



Bufo musicus, Merrem, Versuch eines Syst. der Amphib., p. ISl. 

 Bufo musicus, Harlan, Med. and Phys. Res., p. 113. 

 Carolina Toad, Vulgo. 



Description. The head is very large, dark-coloured, and without warts, 

 except a few small ones on the eyelids. The mouth is of great size, without 

 either maxillary or palatine teeth. The snout is obtuse, and from its tip runs an 

 elevated bony line, subdividing at the nostrils, and forming the superciliary ridges; 

 these increase in elevation as they reach the posterior part of the orbit, where 

 they terminate in a rounded knob or tubercle; their great height gives to the 

 upper surface of the head a canaliculated appearance; a second ridge descends 

 from each of these, and completes the posterior border of the orbit. The upper 

 jaw is yellowish-brown, and deeply emarginate in front; the lower is white, and 

 furnished at its anterior part with a distinct hook, which is received in the notch 

 of the upper jaw. 



The nostrils are small and round, placed near the point of the snout. The 

 eyes are large, prominent, and very beautiful; the pupil is black, the iris reticu- 

 lated with gold and black, and has an inner margin of yellow. The tympanum is 

 large and dusky, with a minute spot of a lighter shade in the centre. The 

 parotid glands are large, reniform, and exude a pale milky fluid when pressed; 

 the orifices of the canals, out of which it flows, are evident. 



The back and sides are dusky, and covered with warts of different sizes; a pale 

 vertebral line extends from the head to the vent, on each side of which are found 

 the largest warts; an irregular row of spots of yellowish-white exists on the flank, 

 having somewhat the appearance of an indistinct band, extending from the inferior 

 and posterior part of the parotid gland to within a short distance of the thighs. 

 The whole inferior surface of the animal is dirty-white, with a strong tinge of 

 yellow. 



The anterior extremities are short; the upper surface is dusky, with blotches 



