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BUrONID.I. 



Genus NECTOPHRYNE, 



]}ucliholz & l'eter.<, MB. Ak. Berl. lS7o, p. 20l'. 



Pujiil horizontal. Tougue elliptical, entire, free behind. Tyni- 

 pauum distinct or absent. Tiugers and toes webbed, the tips dilated 

 into regular disks. Outer metatarsal united. No omosternum ; 

 sterniun cartilaginous. Diapophjses of sacral vertebra strongly 

 dilated. Sacral vertebra articulating \\ ith coccj^x; by two condyles. 

 Terminal phalanges f-shaped. 



Distribution. One species inhabits the Canieroons, West Africa, 

 a seeoud Borneo, and a third Malabar. 



lOo. Nectophryiie tuberculosa. 



Pedostibes tuberculosus, (Jiiittli. 1\ Z. S. 1875, ]>. 'u^,\A. Ixiv, iig. C. 

 Nectophryiie tuberculosa, Bouhnij. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. :?80. 



Habit moderately slender. Head moderate : snout subacmninate ; 

 loreal region vertical ; interorbital space as bi'oad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum distinct, one third the width of the eye. din- 

 gers moderate, depressed, webbed at tlie base, first half the length 

 of second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed ; tips of fingers 

 and toes dilated into broad truncated disks, those of toes rather 

 smaller than those of fingers; subarticular tubercles small.: two 

 small, flat metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb 

 being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercles 

 reach to between the eye and tip of the snout. .Skin of upper 

 parts tubercular, the largest tubercles being arranged along each 

 side of the back. Brownish grey abo\ e, sides darker ; a white 

 band from below the eye to the axil ; another white longitudinal 

 band in the lumbar region : beneath dark-spotted. Male with a 

 subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1'4 inches. 

 Hah. Malabar. 



Genus BUFO, 

 Laureiiti, Syn. Pept. p. 25 (part.), 1706. 



Pupil horizontal 



Tongue 



Fig. 1^9. 

 Open moutli of Bitfo aspcr. 



elliptical 

 or pyriform, entire, free behind. Tym- 

 panum distinct or hidden, seldom absent. 

 Pingers free ; toes more or less webbed : 

 the ti])s simple or dilated into small disks. 

 Outer metatarsals united. Omosternum 

 generally absent ; if present, cartilagi- 

 nous ; sternum a cartilaginous plate, 

 sometimes more or less ossified along 

 the median line. l)ia])ophyses of sacral 

 vertebra more or less dilated. Sacral 

 A'ertebra articidating with coccyx by two 

 condyles. Terminal phalanges obtuse 

 or triangular. 



