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The legs of B. rostralus nicefori are extremely short, with femoral 

 and tibial lengths falling below the extreme lower limits of the others. 

 Nominate rostratus has longer legs, although the proportions of its 

 femur and tibia to total length are overlapped by the Ecuadorean 

 B. dapsilis. 



Bufo granulosus beebei Gallardo 



Plate 68d-f 



1922. Bufo granulosus (not of Spix). — Ruthven, 1922, p. 55 (part). — Lutz, 1927, 



p. 38, pi. 16, figs. 5, 6.— Parker, 1933, p. 11; 1936, p. 1.— Beebe, 1952, 



p. 174.— Lynn, 1959, p. 113. 

 1927. Bufo globulosus (not of Spix).— Lutz, 1927, p. 42, pi. 8, figs. 5, 6; 1934, 



p. 124 (part), pi. 25. 

 1965. Bufo granulosus beebei Gallardo, p. 114, figs. 1, 2, maps (type locality, 



Churchill-Roosevelt Highway, Trinidad, B. W. I.). 



Description. — MZUM 45527, from Gaira, Magdalena, Colombia. 

 Bony ridges on top of head encircling eye, along canthus and below 

 nostril, above and below tympanum, and (a short one) on parietal 

 region. Tongue two-fifths as wide as mouth opening, oval, its posterior 

 border free and unnotched; snout broadly rounded at the tip when 

 viewed from above, rounded in profile, the upper jaw extending far 

 beyond the lower. Nostrils more dorsal than lateral, projecting, their 

 distance from end of snout about one-half their distance from eye. 

 Canthus rostralis concave; loreal region concave, descending nearly 

 vertically to the upper lip. Eye large, prominent, its diameter equal 

 to its distance from tip of snout; interorbital diameter 1% times that 

 of upper eyelid and twice the interval between nostrils. Tympanum 

 distinct, its greatest diameter one-half that of eye, separated from 

 eye by an interval equal to half its own diameter. Fingers moderately 

 long, with weak lateral ridges, free, first finger shorter than second, 

 fourth longer than either, its tip reaching to base of antepenultimate 

 phalanx of third; a small oval thumb pad present; a much larger 

 round palmar callus; metacarpal tubercles well developed, the distal 

 ones mostly double. Toes rather short, one-fourth webbed, third toe 

 longer than fifth, its disk reaching to center of antepenultimate 

 phalanx of fourth; a small pointed oval inner metatarsal tubercle, 

 and a smaller oval outer one; no distinct tarsal ridge; a skinfold on 

 heel and knee. Body stout, in postaxillary region equal to greatest 

 width of head. When hind leg is adpressed, heel reaches axilla; when 

 limbs are laid along the sides, knee and elbow are widely separated; 

 when hind legs are bent at right angles to body, heels touch. Skin of 

 upper parts granular, the granules on head and along dorsolateral 

 region larger; venter finely granular, with a large patch of fine irregular 

 wrinkles on posterior part of belly and on proximal femoral surface; 



