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lower proximal femur; throat of male with black suffusions; posterior 

 femur seal brown fading below to clay color, with dark vermiculations; 

 soles of feet and palms of hands sepia, the tubercles and toe tips 

 darker. Females have lighter backs with a row of dark spots on either 

 side of the middorsal region. 



Remarks. — This extremely hardy and adaptable species is found 

 over the whole of Colombia except in snow-covered regions, and 

 usually it is the most numerous species of the genus wherever it 

 occurs. The huge triangular parotoids make it readily recognizable, 

 and its large size and enormous fecundity cause adults and young to 

 be well known and frequently collected throughout its range. 



Attempts to describe and validate local subspecies in South America 

 have been made, so far without much success. The identity of young 

 individuals, with their much less developed parotoids and with the 

 spotted coloration of the female, often has confused herpetologists. 

 A detailed study of Bnjo marinus from all the areas in which it occurs 

 is needed before the possible subspecific status of the toads from cer- 

 tain localities can be verified. 



Colombian Specimens Examined 



Amazonas: Leticia, USNM 142206-8, 146391-2, 148124-32; Rio Apaporis, 



USNM 144585-6. 

 Antioquia: MedeUin, USNM 126860-3; near Turbo, Golfo de Uraba, USNM 



144587-601. 

 Atlantico: Sabanilla, USNM 13870. 

 BoLfvAR: Sincelejo, USNM 144602-3. 

 Choc6: Truando, USNM 12241 (juv.). 

 Cundinamarca: Beltran, upper Rio Magdalena, USNM 147250-1; Quetame, 



USNM 144604. 

 Magdalena: Cienaga, USNM 144154. 

 Meta: Villavicencio, USNM 144612, 146818; 7 km. northeast of Villavicencio, 



USNM 146390-1, 148121-3; Camp La Macarena, upper Rio Giiejar, USNM 



144609-11; near mouth of Caiio Losada, upper Guayabero, USNM 144605-8. 

 Narino: Rfo Satinga, USNM 147481. 

 Norte de Santander: Catatumbo, 15-20 km. north of Camp Tibu, USNM 



145078-9. 

 Santander: El Centro, USNM 144613; Gir6n, USNM 148133; Lebrija, 



territory of La Girona, USNM 144614-6. 

 Tolima: Melgar, USNM 148134. 

 Valle: Buenaventura, USNM 124174, 144617; 2 km. south of Cali, USNM 



148793; Rio Calima near C6rdoba, USNM 145772; Guadalajara River near 



Buga, SU 20305-8. 

 Vaupes: Mitu, USNM 144618-20. 



Bufo blombergi Myei-8 and Funkhouser 



Plate 17a-c 



1951. Bufo blombergi Myers and Funkhouser, p. 279 (type locality, Nachao, 

 Narino, Colombia). — Cei, 1953, p. 511. — Copping, 1957, p. 56. — 

 Cochran, 1961a, color photograph. — Gallardo, 1962, p. 96. 



