504 ■ el'foxidjE. 



110. Bufo viridis. 



Bufo viridis, Lanr. Si/ii. Bepf. ]i. 27, pi. i, fig. 1 ; Stol. J. A. S. B. 



xxxix, 1870, pt. 2, p. loo; id. P. A. S. B. 1872, p. \Vi ; Boulenr/. 



Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 297. 

 Bufo calamita [non Lcmr.), Gi'inth. Rept. B. I. p. 420. 



Crowu ^^•ithout bouy ridges ; snout short, rather blunt ; inter- 

 orbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 about half the diameter of the eye. First finger extending a little 

 beyond second : toes half or two-thirds webbed, with single sub- 

 articular tubercles : two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal 

 fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation usually reaches the eye. Upper 

 parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts ; parotoids 

 very ^'ariable in shape and in size, generally moderately elongate 

 and kidney-shaped. Olive or greenish, uniform or spotted or 

 marbled with clarker ; beneath whitish, uniform or spotted M'ith 

 blackish. Male with a subgular vocal sac and black nuptial excres- 

 cences on the two inner fingers. 



From snout to vent 3-5 inches. 



Hah. Europe east of the Ehine and Ehone, jS'orth AfricajWestern 

 and Central Asia, Mongolia and Tibet ; Himalayas. At the 

 village of Gieumal Stoliczka found a specimen at about 15,000 feet, 

 which is the highest locality from A^hich a Batrachian was ever 

 recorded. 



ill. Bufo andersonii. 



Bufo panthcriiuis (non D. 8,- B.), Anderx. P. Z. >S. 1871, ]). 203. 

 Bufo audersonii, IlonJrn;/. A. M. N. IT. fo) xii, 18s;^ y. 103 ; Myrmi/, 

 Zool. Si/id, ]). 401 . 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, blunt ; interorbital 

 space flat, a little broader than the upper eyelid : tym])anum very 

 distinct, roimd, two thirds the diameter of the eye. Pirst finger 

 extei]ding as far as second or slightly beyond ; toes two-thirds or 

 half webbed, with single subarticular tubercles ; two moderate 

 metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal fold. Tlie tarso-metatarsal articu- 

 lation reaches between the shoulder and the eye. Upper parts willi 

 irregular flat warts ; parotoids large, elliptical, flat. Brou'nish or 

 olive-grey above, spotted or marbled with darker; beneath immacu- 

 late. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 3 inches. 



J/ah. Agra, Eajputana, Sind, Muscat in Arabia. 



1 1 '2. Bufo olivaceus. 



Bufo olivaceus, Blatif. A. M. K II. (4) xiv, 1«74, p. 3o ; id. Zool. 

 E. Pers. p. 434, pl.'xxviii, fig. 3 ; Boulewj. C<d. Butr. Scd. p. 300. 



Crown without bony ridges; snout short, obliquely truncated from 

 above backwards ; interorbital space slightly concave, a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, vertically o\ al, its 

 greatest diameter two thirds that of the eye. Fingers moderate, first 



