Canadian 



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Toad. Winnipeg Toad. Manitoba 



Toad. 



Plate XIX. I. Male(xJ). 

 2,4,5. Males (xf). 3. Young 

 (XI). 



Bufo hemiophrys Cope. 



Range: North Dakota, 

 Manitoba. In country tribu- 

 tary to Lake Winnipeg in 

 Canada. 



Habitat: Stream valleys, 

 lakes, and Turtle Mountain 

 region. 



Size: Adults, 2 1/4-3 l /S 

 inches. (Males, 56-68 mm. 

 Females, 56-80 mm.). 



General appearance: These 

 are brownish or greenish 

 toads of medium size and 

 with short snouts. The most 

 marked characteristic is the 

 boss on the head. This is a 

 narrow raised horny struc- 

 ture extending from the rear 

 of the upper eyelids to the 

 snout. Frequently the rear 

 end of this boss forms quite a 

 prominence. It makes one 

 think of a frontal plate of the 

 upper mandible of some rail 

 and coot-like birds. Their 

 backs are covered with many 

 fine rounded warts, generally 

 2-5 to a dark area. There are 

 many spiny warts on the 

 femur. There is a light stripe 

 down the middle of the back 

 and a conspicuous dark band 

 along the side bordered above 

 by a light line. The under 

 parts are cream or buffy with 

 numerous small black spots, 

 a prominent one in the middle 

 of lower throat. The throat 



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