4. bufo. 293 



17. Bufo rnexicanus. 



Bufo mexicanus, Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Fhilom. (7) iii. p. 23. 



Crown without distinct bony ridges. Tympanum large, very 

 distinct. _ First finger a little longer than second ; toes half webbed ; 

 two metatarsal t ubercles. Back coveYtdVith Small round tubercles ; 

 parotoids subquadrangular. Brown above, with a few white spots, 

 most distinct on the upper lip ; beneath immaculate. 



Mexico. 



18. Bufo variegatus. 



Nannophrvne variegata, Giintlt. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 402, pi. 30. 

 f. 1 & 2. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, blunt ; interorbital 

 space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum absent. First finger 

 not extending beyond second : toes short, flattened, one-third webbed, 

 with double subarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tu- 

 bercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tarso-mctatarsal articulation reaches the shoulder or 

 the eye. An ovate, well-defined parotoid gland behind the eye ; 

 other similar glands on the upper surfaces. Dark brown above, 

 ornamented with five more or less defined light lines along the back, 

 the middle one being generally the most distinct ; beneath marbled 

 with black. Male without vocal sac. 



Chili; W.Patagonia. 



a-b. J & hgr. Chili. C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 



c-d. ($ & hgr. Puerto Bueno. Dr. Cunningham [P.]. ) 



e. c? . Port Grappler. Dr. Cunningham [P.]. ( 



f. Hgr. Eden Harbour. Lords of the Admiralty. ( 



PP.]- * ) 



ff-h, i, /.-. Many Puerto Bueno. Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 



spec, $ & yg. 



/. cJ. Port Shamia. Dr. Coppinger [CI. 



7n.<3. Alert Bay. Dr. Coppinger [C.I. 



n. $ • Port Riofico. Dr. Coppinger [C.I. 



o. 2- Trinidad Channel. Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 



p. j. Crucifixion Channel. Dr. Coppinger [C 



q. <j. Latitude Cove. Dr. Coppinger [C 



19. Bufo calamita. 



Bufo calamita, Giinth. Cat. p. 57. 

 Basel, His!. Ban. p. 107, pi. 24. 

 Bulb calamita, Lour. Syn. Sept. p. 27, pi. 1. f. 1 ; Baud. Bain. p. 77, 



pi. 28. f. 1. and Sept. \iii. p. 153; Bonap. Faun. Ital.; Bell, Brit. 



Sept. p. 11<'>; Sieindaehn. Novara, Atnph. p. 4U ; Patio, Vert. 



Suisse, iii. p. 402; Koch, Ber. Si nek. Ges. 1872, p. li(J; Schreib. 



Herp. Bur. p. Ill: Be Bulla. Faun. Ital., Sett; Anf. p. 75; 



Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 291; Leydig, An. Batr. p. 30; Bouleng. 



Brae. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 547. 



Types. 



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