288 bufonid^;. 



shorter than second ; toes short, half webbed ; tips of fingers and 

 toes slightly swollen. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches nearly the tip of the 

 snout. The whole of the upper and lower skin, except on chin and 

 throat, tuberculated ; parotoids none. Above uniform ashy, marbled 

 and reticulated with black : sides of head and body, and the limbs, 

 with rather large pale orange or yellowish spots, lower parts dusky 

 ' with small white spots, especially on the sides of the belly and in 

 front of the shoulders ; lower part of belly and the inner thighs of 

 a beautiful rose-colour in living specimens. 

 Pinang. 



5. Bufo pulcher. 

 Ansonia ornata, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 568, pi. 63. f, A. 



Habit slender. Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, ob- 

 liquely truncate, with angular canthus rostralis and vertical loreal 

 region ; interorbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum distinct, about half the size of the eye. Fingers rather 

 slender, first much shorter than second; toes short, nearly entirely 

 webbed ; subarticular tubercles simple, not very prominent ; tips 

 of fingers and toes slightly swollen ; metatarsal tubercles two, not 

 very prominent ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches be- 

 tween the eye and the tip of the snout. Anterior half of the back 

 finely tubercular, the remainder smooth ; no parotoids. Black ; 

 upperside of the head and a dorsal line generally grey ; beneath 

 with large bright yellow spots. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Brumagherries. 



a, b. Mauy spec, Brumagherries. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Types.) 



6 & hgr. 



(J. Bufo kelaartii. 



Bui'o kelaartii, Giinth. Cat. p. 140, pi. x. f. A. 

 Adeuomus badionarus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 371. 

 Bufo kelaartii, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Lid. p. 421. 

 kandianus, Giinth. Ann. <$• Mag. N. H. 1872, ix. p. 87. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout rounded or slightly pointed in 

 front ; canthus rostralis angular ; interorbital space as broad as tho 

 upper eyelid; tympanum small, rather indistinct. Fingers rather 

 slender, first not extending as far as second ; toes entirely webbed, 

 with simple subarticular tubercles ; tips of fingers and toes swoUen; 

 two small metatarsal tubercles ; tarsal fold present or absent. The 

 hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-meta- 

 tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. 

 Skin covered with small tubercles ; parotoid very narrow and rather 

 elongate. Brownish above ; a light cross band between tho eyes ; 

 beneath brown-spotted. 



Ceylon. 



