4, BUFO. 297 
25. Bufo viridis. 
Bufo viridis, Giinth. Cat. p. 58. 
Bufo viridis, Laur. Syn. Rept. pp. 27 & 111, pl.1; Daud. Rain. 
p. 79, pl. 28. f. 2, and Rept. vil. p. 156; Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; 
Guichen. in Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss. iv. Zool. p. 221; Strauch, Mém. 
- Ac. St. Pétersb. (7) iv. no. 7, p. 79; Steindachn. Novara, Amph. 
p-. 89; Stoliczka, Journ, As. Soc. 1870, p. 155; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, 
lil. p. 411; Koch, Ber, Senck. Ges. 1872, p. 170; De Betta, Faun. 
Ital., Rett. Anf. p.74; Lessona, Atti Ac. Line. Mem. Cl. Sc. fis. §c. 
1. p. 1085, pl. 4; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 553, pl. 50. 
schreberianus, Laur. l.c. p. 27. 
Rana variabilis, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. vii. p. 1, pl. 6. f. 1 & 2. 
Bufo variabilis, Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 180; Lichw. Zool. Spec. Ross. 
Pol. p. 167; Schretb. Herp. Eur. p. 188; Leydig, An. Batr. p. 29. 
arabicus, Riipp. Reise nordl. Afr., Rept. p. 20, pl. 6. f. 2. 
— viridis, part., Dum. § Bibr. p. 681. 
calamita, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 426. 
boulengeri, Lataste, Rev. Int. Se, 1879, p. 438. 
Crown without bony ridges; snout short, rather blunt; inter- 
orbital space narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, 
about half the width of the eye. First finger extending a little 
beyond second; toes half or two-thirds webbed, with simple sub- 
articular tubercles; two moderate metatarsal tubercles; a tarsal 
fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 
tarso-metatarsal articulation marks generally the anterior corner of 
the eye in males, the posterior corner in females. Upper parts with 
irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts ; parotoids very variable 
in shape and in size, generally moderately elongate and kidney- 
shaped, sometimes enormous. Olive or greenish, spotted or marbled 
above, seldom nearly immaculate; beneath whitish, uniform or 
blackish-spotted. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 
Europe; Asia; N. Africa. 
a-c. 6 Q. Germany. 
d..9. Turin. Prof. Bonelli [P.]. 
es. Baleares. M. G. A. Boulenger [P.]. 
(ARES Crimea. B. L. Hawkins, Esq. | P.]. 
g. Her. Mediterranean. Mr. Miller [P.]. 
h. Q. Xanthus. Ch. Fellows. Esq. [P.]. 
1. dQ. Dead Sea. tev. H. B. Tristram [C.]. 
m. 2. Mount Carmel. Rev. H. B. Tristram [C. ]. 
n. 2. Damascus. Dr. Anderson { P.]. 
Ce Weta Jericho. Dr. Anderson | P. ]. 
p,q. & & yg. Euphrates. Capt. Chesney’s Exped. 
rt. Yg. Arabia. Capt. Burton [P.]. 
uD. Cilician Taurus. C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 
v. Q. Albistan, C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 
w. Her. Kurdistan. 
age oa Near Resht, Ghilan, W.T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
N. Persia. 
y-z. dQ Near Bam,S.E. Persia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
ao. Baluchistan, or S.E. W.T. Blanford, Esq. [ P.]. 
Persia. 
