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BUFONlDiE. 



rainent, flattisli, and without any trace of horny spines; 

 the largest distinctly porous to the naked eye ; two or 

 three very prominent glands at the angle of the mouth. 

 Parotoids usually rather small, feebly prominent, oval 

 or subtriangular, beginning at a short distance behind 

 the upper eyelids, parallel or slightly converging back- 

 wards ; their width equals two-fifths to four-fifths their 

 length, which is equal to their distance from the 

 nostrils or less : sometimes width and 



length 



are 



Fig. 88. 



Female, upper view. 



nearly equal. A similar gland on the upper surface 

 of the forearm and another on the calf. Lower sur- 

 faces covered with rounded granules, which are much 

 more developed and more distant from one another on 

 the lower belly and under the thighs. 



Greyish, greenish, brownish, or pinkish above, with 

 green, olive, or brown marblings or numerous spots, 

 very variable in size and shape, their outlines not so 

 well defined as is commonly the case in Bufo viridis. 

 The markings generally more distinct from the 



