300 BUFONID&. 
First finger extending slightly beyond second. No indication of a 
tarsal fold. From snout to vent 53 millim. 
W. Africa. 
GO Benguela. Prof. Barboza du Bocage [P.]. 
DR e Fernando Po. Mr. Fraser [C.]. 
eo: W. Africa. Mr. Fraser [C.]. 
29. Bufo angusticeps. 
Bufo angusticeps, Giinth. Cat. p. 59. 
Bufo pantherinus, part., Dum. § Libr. p. 687. 
angusticeps, Smith, Ill. S. Afr. pl. 69. f.1; Bouleng. Proe. Zool. 
Soc. 1880, p. 564. 
gariepensis, Smith, l. c. f. 2. 
Crown without bony ridges; snout short, blunt; interorbital 
space narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, about 
one third the width of the eye. Fingers short, first not extending 
beyond second; toes short, webbed at the base, with simple or 
double subarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; 
a more or less distinct (exceptionally, indistinct) tarsal fold. The 
hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal 
articulation reaches the posterior corner of the eye in males, hardly 
the tympanum in females. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, 
distinctly porous warts; parotoids generally small, elliptic or sub- 
oval, depressed ; belly almost entirely smooth. Brown or olive- 
spotted or marbled above; generally a yellowish vertebral line ; 
beneath generally immaculate. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 
8. Africa. 
a-d. 3 Q. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A: ‘Smith? [Pa oeks 
typical of B. angusticeps.) 
e, 2. Cape of Good Hope. Lords of the Admiralty [ P. ]. 
f-g. Her. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith (Pj. Gs 
typical of B. gariepensis. ) 
h-k. Her. Vleis, Kaffraria. F, P. M. Weale, Esq. [P.]. 
LD S. Africa. 
30. Bufo olivaceus. 
Bufo olivaceus, Blanford, Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 85, and E, 
Persia, ii. p. 484, pl. 28. f. 3. 
Crown without bony ridges; snout short, obliquely truncate 
from above backwards; interorbital space slightly concave, a little 
broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, vertically 
oval, its greatest diameter two thirds that of the eye. Fingers 
moderate, first longer than second; toes moderate, two-thirds 
webbed; subarticular tubercles simple; two moderate metatarsal 
tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind lmb being carried forwards 
along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches in front of 
