131JFO. 



273 



a subgular vocal sae, and black nuptial excresceuces ou the two 

 inner fingers. 



From snout to vent 115 millim. 



Tadpole small (up to 23 millim ) and dark browti or blackish, 

 belly and caudal crests grey. Tail rounded at end, both crests 

 nearly equal in deptli. Spiraculum sinistral; anus median. Beak 

 white, edged wiih black ; lips with papilloe only at the sides ; in 



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Fig. 76. — Bufo mdanostictus. 



Tipper lip two series of fine teeth, upper uninterrupted; in lower 

 lip three nninterrupted series of teeth. 



India, Himalayas, and China to Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. 



This toad is very common and generally distributed in the 

 Malay Peninsula. Crepuscular and nocturnal, except during the 

 breeding-season, which takes place in March and April, when 



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