274 BUFOxii).^. 



the spawn may be seen in ponds, in long strings twined about the 

 water- weeds, exactly as in the common English toad, the habits of 

 which are quite similar. 



The Malay name of this and the preceding species is hatalc puru. 



292. Bufo parvus. 



Bouleng-. Ann. & Ma;?. Nat. Hist, (o) xix, p. -346, pi. x, fiff. 3 

 (1887); S. Flower, P.Z.S. 1899, p. 911 ; Laidlaw, P.Z.S. 1900, 

 p. 888. 



A supi'aorbital and a parietal bony ridge, forming together a 

 straight line, and a sliort orbito-tympanic ; snout very short, 

 truncate, projecting considerably beyond the mouth ; interorbital 

 space as broad as or a little broader than the upper eyelid ; tym- 

 panum very distinct, close to the eye and § to | diameter of 

 latter, First finger extending considerably beyond second ; toes 

 hardly half-webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles ; two rather 

 strong metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The tarso-metatarsal 

 articulation reaches between the eye and the end of the snout, 

 or even a little beyond. Upper parts rough with very prominent, 

 conical, often spinose tubercles : parotoids prominent, round or 

 subtriangular, scarcely larger than the tympanum ; lower parts 

 with round tubercles of unequal size. Brown above, with a few 

 darker spots, and often with a few scattered irregular spots of a 

 beautiful pink ; limbs with, dark cross-bands ; lower parts spotted 

 with brown ; throat brown in the male, which is provided ^\'\t\\ a 

 subgular vocal sac and black nuptial asperities on the two inner 

 fingers. Iris golden, speckled with black. 



From snout to vent 50 millim. 



Originally described from Malacca ; has since been found widely 

 distributed in the Malay Peninsula and in Burma and Sumati'a. 



293. Bufo quadriporcatus. 



Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, (o) xix, p. 347, pi. x, fig. 4 

 (1887) ; Giinth. op. cit. xx, p. 314, pi. xvi, fig. C (1887). 



A straight, prominent supraorbital ridge, continued into a short 

 parietal ; a strong and broad orbito-tympanic ridge continuous 

 with the parotoid, which is prominent and compressed, ridge-like ; 

 snoiit truncate, projecting far beyond the mouth ; loreal region 

 nearly vertical ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, close to and nearly as large as or larger 

 than eye. First finger extending beyond second : toes short, hardly 

 half-webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles ; two moderate 

 metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The tarso-metatarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the tympanum or the eye. Upper parts more or 

 less warty ; parotoids much elongate, usually followed by a lateral 

 series of large tubercles ; some specimens prickly all over with 

 horny spines. Brownish above, uniform or marbled with olive ; 



