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oval in shape ; the snout is narrowly and evenly rounded ; the nostrils 

 are large and situated about half way between the eye and the tip of 

 the snout. The spiracle is situated at some considerable distance 

 behind the eye. The mouth is ventral ; the dental formula is 1 : 1 + 1/3, 

 the lower row on the upper lip being moderately interrupted ; the teeth 

 are rather long and of a black colour ; the margin of the upper beak 

 is feebly convex and minutely denticulate. The lower beak, which is 

 situated far within the upper, is broad and almost U-shaped, with its 

 margin minutely serrated. The tail, which is less than twice as long 

 as the head and body, is bluntly pointed and has both the fiu-membranes 

 well developed. The upper membrane starts in front of the posterior 

 extremity of the body and rises rather gradually. 



The dorsal surface of the head and body is dark, densely covered 

 with silvery white and black dots. The fleshy part of the tail is mottled 

 with dark markings and is darker above than below. The fin-mem- 

 branes are almost colourless, but with a few scattered black and white 

 pigment-cells. The ventral surface is colourless, but densely covered 

 with minute silvery dots. 



The specimens on which this description is based agree very closely 

 with Anderson's description and figures of the larva of B. andersoni 

 from Arabia, except that the first row of teeth is not divided— a probable 

 abnormal condition. It is very doubtful whether the two species are 

 distinct. Specimens of toads from India assigned to B. andersoni are 

 certainly identical with the species from Eastern Bengal named Bufo 

 sfontaticus by Liitken, ^ whose name has priority. 



Geographical distribution of the species. — Bufo stomaticus is found all 

 over the Indo-Gangetic plains ; in the Western and Eastern Himalayas 

 up to an altitude of at least 6,000 ft. in Nepal, and occasionally in those 

 parts of Bengal and Bihar that lie south of the Ganges Valley. Sclater's 

 record ^ of specimens from Burma was apparently based on a wrong 

 identification. 



Specimens of larvae in the collection of the Indian Museum ; — 



18526. Rawalpindi, Punjab. R. Hodgart. 



Bufo viridis, Laur. 



1891. Bufo viridis, Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 189], p. 612, pi. xlvi, fig. 5. 

 1899. Bufo viridis, Bolkay, Jww. Mus. Nat. Hung., VII, pp. 85 and 106, pi. i, 

 fig. 5. 



It is doubtful whether this Palaearctic species is found in the plains 

 of India, but it is common in the Kashmir Valley and in many districts 

 north and west of the Punjab. An excellent description is given by 

 Boulenger in his account of the European tadpoles. Specimens from 

 Srinagar agree in every respect with this descri})tion. 



Specimens of larvae in the collection of the Indian Museum : — 



18473. Srinagar, Kashmir. F. J. Mitchell. 



1 Liitken (1862) ? See also Boulenger, '.4 **/^ Maq.^Nat. Hist. (6), VII, p. 463 (1891). 

 and Annandale, Rec. Ind. Mus., Ill, p. 2S3 (1909). 

 ? Prjc. Zool. Soc. London, 1892,^p. 347- 



