80 BUFOCLAMOSUS. 



shade in the centre. The post-tympanal glands are large and reniform, exuding 

 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, extendmg from the inferior 

 and posterior part of the post-tympanal gland to within a short distance of the 

 thighs. The whole inferior surface of the annual is dirty white, with a strong 

 tinge of yellow. 



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

 and bars of dark bro^vn; the lower surface dirty white, tinged with yellow. The 

 fingers are four in number, and cleft. On the outer margin of the carpus, and 

 opposite the thumb, is a large warty tubercle. The posterior extremities are 

 short, dusky brown above marked with blotches and transverse bars of darker 

 broNvn, and dirty white beneath. The toes are five in number, and semipalmated, 

 the fourth a good deal longer than the others; the metatarsus is fiirnished with 

 two tubercles or spurs, the outer of which is cartilaginous, and so long as to 

 resemble a sixth toe. 



Dimensions. Length of body, 2| inches; of the thigh, 1 inch; of leg, rather less 

 than an inch; of tarsus and toes, li inches. 



Geographical Distribution. This Toad is found in the Carolinas, Georgia, the 

 Floridas, and Alabama, and without doubt, all along the northern coast of the 

 Gulf of Mexico; its most northern range is in North Carolina or Southern Virginia. 



Habits. This anunal is timid and remarkably gentle m its habits, remaining 

 concealed dming the day in some dark place, and only venturing out as the dusk 

 of the evening approaches. It feeds on various insects, which it seizes while alive 



