4. bufo. 313 



51. Bnfo asper. 



Bufo asper, Giinth. Cat. p. 62. 

 Bufo asper, Graverih. Delic. p. 58; Tschudi, Batr. p. 88; Schleg, 



AbbUd. p. 68, pL 20. f. 1; Bum. $ Bibr. p. 668; Giinth, Sept. 



Brit. Iitd. p. 423 ; Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 44. 

 Phrynoidis asper, Fitting. Syst. Amph. i. p. 32. 



A broad supraorbital and a thick orbito-tympanic bony ridge ; 

 snout short, obliquely truncate ; canthus rostralis angular ; loreal 

 region vertical ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum distinct, one third the width of the eye. First finger 

 not extending beyond second ; toes entirely webbed, with simple 

 Bubarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal 

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

 tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout, or beyond. 

 Upper surfaces with very prominent, conical, spiny tubercles ; 

 parotoids very prominent, small, subtriangular. Uniform brown 

 above; beneath immaculate or spotted. 



East-Indian Archipelago ; E. India. 



52. Bufo celebensis. 



Bufo celebensis, Giinth. Cat. p. 61. 

 Bufo celebensis. (Schleg.) Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 44. 

 Chilophryne celebensis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1802, p. 357. 



A broad supraorbital and a thick, elevated, orbito-tympanic 

 bony ridge; snout short, obliquely truncate; canthus rostralis 

 annular; loreal region vertical : interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid: tympanum moderately distinct, not quite half the 

 width of the eye. First finger extending beyond second; toes not 

 quite half webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles ; two moderate 

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

 forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation readies 

 between the eye and the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces with 

 conical, spiny waits ; parotoids very prominent] more or less elongate, 

 oval or subtriangular. Brown above, with indistinct darker spots ; 

 beneath clouded with greyish brown. Male with a subgular vocal 

 sac. 



Celebes. 



a. J . ' lelehes. 



6. §. Mount Boliohoeto, Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



N. ( lelebes. 

 c-d. 2- Manado. Dr. A. 15. Meyer [C.]. 



Macassar. Sir A. Smith [P.J. 



f. 1 [gr. India. 



