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Rio de Janeiro: MZUM 64542 (part); MRHN IG 9308 Reg. 34, 34d, and 34z 

 (10). Barreira, ZSBS 2091, February 1914. Bonito, Serra da Bocaina, 

 USNM 96440-1, A. Lutz, February 1928. Guapi, near Teres6polis, USNM 

 97652-5, 97657-9, 97661-2, 97671-4, Sandig and Buchwald, March- April, 

 1935. Petr6polis, ZSBS 67/26 (2), Princess Therese. Serra do Itatiaia, 

 AMNH 16990-3, 17021-2, 17058. Teres6polis, ZSBS 802/20, Bresslau. 

 Valvera, near Nova Friburgo, USNM 97730-46, 103220, 101139, B. Lutz, 

 Cochran, and Venancio, May 9-13, 1935. 



Sao Paulo: Agua Quente, CM 2548, Haseman, Nov. 29, 1908. Alto da Serra, 

 MRHN IG 9308 Reg. 34g, Massart, October 1922. Bertioga, USNM 

 123407-11, Sawaya. Fazenda Sao Agostinho, Sao Jos6 dos Campos, near 

 Taubafc^, USNM 100946-7, Pessoa, July 10-11, 1935. Fazenda Schmidt, 

 near Ribeirao Preto, USNM 100951, and 100955, Apr. 4-10, 1935. RibeirSo 

 Pires, ZSBS (2), Bresslau, November 1913. Sao Paulo, USNM 100950, 

 100952, 100954, 100957, 100960, 100963-8, Worontzow, July 10-12, 1935. 

 Taubatd, USNM 100948-9, 100953, 100958-9, 100961-2, Worontzow, June 

 1935. 



Bufo ocellatus Giinther 



Plate 4, Figures a-d 



1858. Bufo ocellatus GtJNTHER, p. 64 (type locality, Brazil). 

 1882. Bufo typhonius (not of Linnaeus) Boulenger, 1882a, pp. 317, 318. — 

 NiEDEN, 1923, p. 140. 



Among the specimens of Bufo typhonius in the collection of the 

 British Museum is the skin of a toad, stuffed with cotton and preserved 

 in alcohol, which had served as the basis for Giinther's description of 

 B. ocellatus. This sldn matched 2 specimens from Minas Gerais 

 that I received for study from the Instituto Butantan. As the 

 bodUy proportions and many other diagnostic featm'es are not ap- 

 parent in this skm, which is the type of ocellatus, a complete redescrip- 

 tion of a fresher specimen is given. 



Description. — Adult female (with eggs), USNM 121334, from 

 Janudria, Minas Gerais. Tongue elliptical, very elongate, about 

 one-third width of mouth-opening, entire and free for its posterior 

 haK; snout short, its sides forming a right angle and its tip somewhat 

 truncate when viewed from above, bluntly rounded in profile, the 

 upper jaw extending well beyond the lower; nostrils nearly at tip of 

 snout and just below canthus, the openings superolateral, separated 

 from each other by an interval equal to their distance from eye. 

 Canthus rostralis marked by a rather weak arc-shaped ridge joining 

 a somewhat heavier supraocular crest, thickening on its inner pos- 

 terior border into a short parietal crest and continuing outward and 

 posteriorly to form a short distinct postorbital crest; preocular crest 

 not evident; interocular space flat and below level of ridges; parotoid 

 small, rounded, not larger than the upper eyelid, extending only to 

 level of shoulder; eye moderate, projecting beyond surrounding 

 ridges, its diameter equal to its distance from end of snout; inter- 



