300 BUFONID-E. 



First finger extending slightly beyond second. No indication of a 

 tarsal fold. From snout to vent 53 millim. 

 W. Africa. 



a. 2 • Benguela. Prof. Barboza du Bocage [P.]. 



b.§. Fernando Po. Mr. Fraser [C.]. 



c. 2 ■ W. Africa. Mr. Fraser [C.]. 



29. Bufo angusticeps. 



Bufo angusticeps, Giinth. Cat. p. 59. 

 Bufo pantherinus, part., Dum. 8f Bibr. p. 687. 



angusticeps, Smith, III. S. Afr. pi. 69. f. 1 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1880, p. 564. 

 gariepensis, Smith, I. c. f. 2. 



Crown -without bony ridges ; snout short, blunt ; interorbital 

 space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about 

 one third the width of the eye. Fingers short, first not extending 

 beyond second ; toes short, webbed at the base, with simple or 

 double subarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; 

 a more or less distinct (exceptionally, indistinct) tarsal fold. The 

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

 articulation reaches the posterior corner of the eye in males, hardly 

 the tympanum in females. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, 

 distinctly porous warts ; parotoids generally small, elliptic or sub- 

 oval, depressed ; belly almost entirely smooth. Brown or olive- 

 spotted or marbled above ; generally a yellowish vertebral line ; 

 beneath generally immaculate. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



S. Africa. 



a-d. c?2. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (As 



typical of B. angusticeps.) 



e. $. Cape of Good Hope. Lords of the Admiralty [P.]. 



f-g. Hgr. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (As 



typical of B. gariepensis.} 



h-k. Hgr. Vleis, Kaffraria. F. P. M. Weale, Esq. [P.]. 



I. 2 ■ S. Africa. 



30. Bufo olivaceus. 



Bufo olivaceus, Blanford, Ann. <§■ Mag. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 35, and E. 

 Persia, ii. p. 434, pi. 28. f. 3. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, obliquely truncate 

 from above backwards ; interorbital space slightly concave, a littlo 

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, vertically 

 oval, its greatest diameter two thirds that of the eye. Finders 

 moderate, first longer than second ; toes moderate, two-thirds 

 webbed ; subarticular tubercles simple : two moderate metatarsal 

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

 along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches in front of 



