4. bcfo. k. 297 



25. Bufo viridis. 



Bufo viridis, Gunth. Cat. p. 58. 

 Bufo viridis, Later. Syn. Rept. pp. 27 & 111, pi. 1; Daud. Rain. 



p. 79, pi. 28. f. 2, and Rept. viii. p. 156 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; 



Quicken, in Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss, iv. Zool. p. 221 ; Strauch, Mem. 



Ac. St. Pctersb. (7) iv. no. 7, p. 79; Steindachn. Novara, Amph. 



p. 39; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. 1870, p. 155; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, 



iii. p. 411 ; Koch, Ber. Sends. Ges. 1872, p. 170; De Betta, Faun. 



Ital., Rett. Anf. p. 74 ; Lessona, Atti Ac. Line. Mem. CI. Sc.Jis. §c. 



i. p. 1085, pi. 4 ; BoiUeng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 553, pi. 50. 



schreberianus, Laur. I. c. p. 27. 



Rana variabilis, Pallas, Spirit. Zool. \ii. p. 1, pi. 0. f. 1 & 2. 



Bulb variabilis, Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 180; Eichw. Zool. Spec. Ross. 



Pol. p. 167 ; Schreib. Ilcrp. Eur. p. 138 ; Ley dig, An. Batr. p. 29. 



arabicus, Riipp. Reise nor.dl. Afr., Rept. p. 20, pi. o. f. 2. 



— — viridis, part., Earn. $ Bibr. p. 68] . 



calamita, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 426. 



boulengeri, Lataste, Rev. Int. Sc. 1879, p. 438. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, rather blunt ; inter- 

 orbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 about half the width of the eye. First ringer extending a little 

 beyond second ;>■ toes half or two-thirds webbed, with simple sub- 

 articular tubercles : two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal 

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

 tarso- metatarsal articulation marks generally the anterior corner of 

 the eye in males, the posterior corner in females. Upper parts with 

 irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts ; parotoids very variable 

 in shape and in size, generally moderately elongate and kidney- 

 shaped, sometimes enormous. Olive or greenish, spotted or marbled 

 above, seldom nearly immaculate ; beneath whitish, uniform or 

 blackish-spotted. Hale with a subgular vocal sac. 



Europe ; Asia ; X. Africa. 



a-c. J 2 • Germany. 



d. 2 . Turin. Prof. Bonelli [P.]. 



e. £ . Bakares. M. G. A. Boulensrer [P.]. 

 /• Yg. Crimea. B. L. Hawkins, Esq. [P.]. 



(/. Hgr. Mediterranean. Mr. Miller [P.]. 



A. 2 . Xantlius. Ch. Fellows. Esq. [P.]. 



i-l, <J $ . Dead Sea. Rev. H. B. Tristram [C.]. 



tn. 2 • Mount Carmel. Rev. H. B. Tristram [C.J. 



n. 2 • Damascus. Dr. Anderson [P.]. 



o. <j. Jericho. Dr. Anderson [P.]. 



p, q. S & }'g. Euphrates. Capt. Chesney's Exped. 



r-t. Yg. Arabia. Capt. Burton [P.], 



v. 2- CUician Taurus. C. Gk Danford, Esq. [P.]. 



v. 2 • Albistan. C. G. Danford, E*q. [P.]. 



to. llgr. Kurdistan. 



•c Yg. Near Reaht, Ghilan, W.T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



N. Persia. 



y-z. 6 2 • Near Bam,S.E.Persia. TV. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



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