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RErTILKS. 



Page 60. Bufo tiiberosus. 



b. Adiilt. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 61. Bufo celebensis. 

 e. Adult. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 62. Bufo biporcatus. 



Dinnont <f UrviUe, Voy. an Pole Sud, Rept. et Poiss. p. 28. pi. 1. f. 5, 5 a. 



Page 62. 14 <t. Bufo kelaartii. (Plate X. fig. A.) 



Crown flat, M-ithout bony enlargement ; canthus rostralis angular, 

 tiibercnlar ; upjjer eyelid edged with a series of tubercles. Skin 

 covered mth tubercles. Paratoid very naiTow and rather elongate. 

 Toes broadly webbed. Tympanum rather indistinct. Above brown, 

 a lighter cross-band between the eyes. Belly yeUo^^-ish, brown- 

 spotted. 



a. Half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 h, c. Young. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 d. Half- grown. Ceylon. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Descr'qition. — Head triangular, with angular rough canthus ros- 

 tralis and moderate muzzle ; snout rather pointed in front ; crown 

 flat, rather broad ; extremities moderate. Fingers rather long and 

 slender, quite free ; carpi;s with a blunt flat tubercle ; toes rather 

 short, broadly webbed ; metatarsus with two small blunt tubercles ; 

 no cutaneous fold along the edge of tarsus. Skin tuberculous, rough ; 

 a very narrow paratoid from the tympanum to near half the side of 

 the back ; outer edge of upper eyelid rather prominent, with a convex 

 series of rough tubercles. Nostrils lateral, but near the end of snout. 

 Cleft of mouth moderate. Palate quite smooth, without any bony 

 or membranaceous prominences, but -s^-ith two longitudinal grooves. 

 Tongue very narrow, elliptical, fi'ee and entire behind ; inner nares 

 moderate ; eustachian tubes small ; tympanum rather inchstinct. 

 Above bro-RTi, sometimes the back with lighter, sometimes with 

 darker variegations ; a lighter cross-band between the eyes ; extre- 

 mities with indistinct cross-bands. Belly yellowish, more or less 

 distinctly brown-spotted, the spots more crowded towards the 

 middle. The largest specimen is the size of a Bombinator igneus. 



Page 63. Bufo lentiginosus. 



Bufo americanus, DeJiay, New York Fauna, Pepi. p. 67. pi. 19. f 46 

 (yoimg), pi. 20. f 52. 



Page 64. 15 «. Bufo intermedius. (Plate IX. fig. A.) 

 A bony ridge above the orbit ; another between the orbit and para- 



