4. bufo. 289 



Bufo hololius, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 569, pi. 64. f. A. 



Crown -without bony ridges ; snout short, prominent ; interorhital 

 space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, nearly 

 as large as the eye, close to it. Fingers short, first extending a 

 little beyond second ; toes short, -webbed at the base only ; sub- 

 articular tubercles simple, no! very prominent; two small meta- 

 tarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tarsometatarsal articulation reaches 

 the eye. Skin smooth, the back with very flat, smooth, distinctly 

 porous glandular patches : parotoid flat. Olive above, marbled with 

 brown ; beneath immaculate. 



Malabar. 



a. J. Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Type.) 



8. Bufo beddomii. (Plate XIX. fig. 1.) 



Bufo beddomii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S75, p. 569. 



travancoricus, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 685. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, projecting, -with angular 

 cauthus rostralis ; interorhital space a little broader than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum very small, sometimes indistinct. First finger 

 not extending beyond second ; toes nearly entirely webbed, with 

 simple subarticular tubercles ; two small rnetatai'sal tubercles ; no 

 tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the tarso-mctit usil articulation reaches between the eye and the 

 tip of the snout. Upper parts covered with rough tubercles; paro- 

 toids ovate, about twice as long as broad, rather indistinct. Dark 

 brown above, with indistinct black spots ; limbs beautifully marbled 

 with carmine ; lower surfaces marbled with brown. 



Malabar ; Travancore. 



a. 2 ■ Malabar. Col. Bsddome [C.l. (Type.) 



b. 2 • Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.l. 



c. f. Chokam Patty hills, 4000 ft. Col. Beddome |_C.J. (As 



typical of Bufo travancoricus.) 



9. Bufo debilis. 



Bufo debilis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, p. 87. 



insidior, Girard. I. c. p. 88, and U.S. Jlc.r. Bound. Suit. ii. 



p. 26, pi. 41. f. 13-18. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout more or less protruding ; 



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