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that of eye, separated from eye by an interval nearly equal to its own 

 diameter. Fingers free, with serrated lateral fringes, not dilated, 

 first shorter than second, which is shorter than fourth and reaches base 

 of penultimate phalanx of third; no pronounced pollex; an oval tu- 

 bercle on base of first finger and a much larger round one on palm; 

 subarticular tubercles very distinct, usually single proximally but 

 double imder distal phalanges; toes one-third webbed, fringed, their 

 tips not dilated, third longer than fifth, reaching a little beyond base 

 of antepenultimate phalanx of fourth; inner and outer metatarsal 

 tubercles subequal, conical, prominent; subarticular tubercles double 

 distally, single proximally; no tarsal ridge. Body stout, in post- 

 axillary region 1/i times the greatest width of head; when hind leg is 

 adpressed, heel reaches to axilla; when limbs are laid along the sides, 

 knee and elbow are widely separated; when hind legs are bent at right 

 angles to body, heels overlap. Dorsal skin closely set with tubercles, 

 some larger ones on center of head and behind the parietal crests; a 

 heavy gland on each side of sacrum; venter finely granular; parotoid 

 glands low, short, not well marked except by the larger tubercles 

 covering them. Some transverse folds of loose skin across throat and 

 abdomen. 



Dimensions. — Head and body 30 mm.; head length 8 mm., width 11 

 mm.; femur 9 mm.; tibia 10 mm.; foot 11 mm.; hand 7 mm. 



Color in alcohol. — Dorsum uniform fawn color, venter buff; faint 

 darker lateral stripes on back. 



Remarks. — A discussion of this form appears with that of Bujo 

 granulosus granulosus Spix. 



Specimens examined 

 BRAZIL: 



Rio Grande do Sul; P6rto Alegre, KZAEM 2525 (3), Emrich. 

 Sao Paulo: Alto da Serra, USNM 102314 (formerly IB 757). 

 ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, USNM 97188, 1929; MRHN IG 4792, Reg. 205, 



Gerrard. La Plata, USNM 22750, Museo de La Plata. 

 URUGUAY: Malvin, near Montevideo, USNM 65593-4, Felippone. Monte- 

 video, USNM 70618, Metcalf, Nov. 15, 1925; USNM 65576, 6557&-80, 

 Felippone: MHNP 4960 (type of Bufo d'orbignyi). 



Bufo ictericus ictericus Spix 



Figure 1 ; Plate 4, Figure e 



1824. Bufo ictericus Spix, p. 44, pi. 16, fig. 1 (type locality, Rio de Janeiro). — 

 Brazil and Vellard, 1926, p. 14. — Travassos, 1944, p. 128. 



1841. Bufo agua (not of Lac^pMe) var. c, Dumi&ril and Bibron, p. 705 (specimens 

 from Brazil).— WiED, 1824a, plate, figs. 1, 2; 1824b, p. 672. 



1860. Docidophryne ictericus (part) Fitzinger, p. 415. 



