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21. Bufo peltocephalus. 



Bufo peltocephalus, Bibr. Mus. Paris ; Txchudl, Batrach. p. 89 ; Bihr. 

 in liainun de la Suyra^ Hist. He de Cuba, Rcpt. pi. 30 ; Dum. t^- Bihr. 

 p. 712. 



Crown concave, an iiTegularly creniilated lidge above the orbit 

 and along- tlic cantlms rostralis ; snout obtuse, rounded. Puratoids 

 moderate, oval or elliptical, obliquely situated. Toes hall'- webbed ; 

 tarsus with a cutaneous fold at the inner edge. 



a-c. Adult and half-gro^\^l. Cuba. Presented by the Zoological 



Society. 

 d. Adult. Cuba. 



22. Bufo d'orbignjri. 



D'Orbifpi;/, Vol/. Amer. 3Ierid. t. 15. f. 5-7. 

 Bulb d'orbigiijd, Du?». iS'- Bibr. p. 697. 



Crown on each side ynth. a sharp bony ridge, Y-shaped poste- 

 riorly ; edge of upper jaw dilated behind ; first linger rather shorter 

 than second ; jiaratoids short, very small ; toes half-webbed. 

 Brownish olive, ^vith indistinct darker spots, a yellowish veii;ebral 

 line beginning from the snoiit ; belly uniform whitish ; crown with- 

 out black cross-streak. 



a-c. Adult and half-grown. Montevideo. Presented by Charles 

 Darwin, Esq. 



d. Adult. Monte\ideo. 



e. Young. Chili. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 



/. Young. Eio Chupat. Presented by Charles Danvin, Esq. 



23. Bufo granulosus. (Plate V. fig. A.) 



Bufo granulosus, Spix, Spec. Nor. Test. t. 21. f. 2. 



struniosus, pt., I)u7n. ^- Bibr. p. 710. (Exemplaires du Br^sil, 



de la Guyane et de Cayenne, avec une serie de petits tubercules le 



long du bord interne du tarse.) 



Crown rather flat, not very concave, with a slight bony enlarge- 

 ment round the upper edge of eye ; muzzle naiTow, pointed, ob- 

 licjuely truncated, upper part prominent ; groove before the eye not 

 very deep. Paratoids moderate, subtriangidar, not very prominent ; 

 tympanum distinct. Toes half- webbed ; tarsiLS -without cutaneous 

 fold at the inner edge. Belly and breast uniform white. 



(/, b. Adidt. Pernambuco. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



c. Adult. Pernambuco. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Es(i. 



d. Adult. South America. From Mr. Bates's Collection. 

 e-<j. Half-grown. America. 



24. Bufo gutturosus. (Plate V. fig. B.) 



Bufo guttm-osus, Latr. llqd. ii. p. 135. 



guttiu'osus et .strumosus, iJuud. Itain. pi. 34. f. 2. and Rept. viii. 



p. 1(!G. 



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