302 BUFONIDZ. 
33. Bufo compactilis. 
Bufo anomalus, Giinth. Cat. p. 57. 
Bufo compactilis, Wregm. Isis, 1833, p. 661; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 
1863, p. 89, & 1875, p. 624. 
Anaxyrus melancholicus, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p.78, pl. 11. f. 5. 
? Bufo speciosus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, p. 86, and U.S. 
Mex. Bound. Surv. ii. p. 26, pl. 40. f. 5-10. 
Bufo levifrons, Bocourt, Bull. Soe. Philom. (7) 1. p. 187. 
Dromoplectius anomalus, Camerano, Atti Ace, Tor. xiv. p. 882. 
Crown without bony ridges; snout short, blunt; interorbital 
space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum small [indistinct 
in this specimen]. First finger extending beyond second ; toes half 
webbed, with double subarticular tubercles ; two compressed meta- 
tarsal tubercles, the inner very large, shovel-shaped as in Pelobates ; 
tarsal fold indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along 
the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches hardly the eye. 
Upper surfaces with small spiny warts ; parotoids moderate, subquad- 
rangular, depressed. Olive above, with irregular blackish spots ; 
beneath with a few small black spots. [Male with a subgular vocal 
vesicle. | 
Texas; Mexico; Peru. 
a. Her. Mexico. (Type of Bufo anomalus.) 
34. Bufo simus. 
Bufo simus, Giinth. Cat. p. 139. 
Bufo simus, Schmidt, Denkschr. Ac. Wien, 1858, p. 254, t. 3. f. 22. 
Crown without bony ridges; snout short ; tympanum hidden. 
First finger longer than second; toes half webbed; no tarsal fold. 
Back with larger and smaller flat warts; parotoids moderate, irre- 
gularly rounded. Above grey or brown, beneath with blackish 
irregular spots. 
Chiriqui River. 
35. Bufo spinulosus. 
Bufo chilensis, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 56. 
P Rana thaul, Molina, Hist. Nat. Chili, p. 194. 
Bufo thaul, Garn. § Less. Voy. Coq. ii. pl. 7. f. 6. 
spinulosus, Wregm. Nov. Act. xvii. t. 22. £.3; Tschudi, Batr. 
p. 88; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 80, & 1873, p. 625; Steen- 
dachn. Novar: a, Amph. p. 42. 
chilensis, Tschudi, Baty. p. 88 ; Eydoux &§ Soul. Voy. Bonite, t. 9. 
eA Ds Bell, Zool. Beagle, p. 49; Dum. § Bibr. p. 678 ; Guichen. in 
Gay, Hist. Chile, Herp. p. 125, pl. 5. £.3; Espada, Viaj. ’Pacif., Vert. 
p. 204. 
trifolium, Tschudi, Faun. Per. Ee. % p- 72, pl. 11. £.38. 
lineo-maculatus, Guichen. l. c. p. 128, pl. 5. £5, 
rubro-punctatus, Guichen. l. ec. pl. 5. f. 4; Steindachn. l. c. 
lugubrosus, Girard, U.S. Expl. Exped., Herp. p. 85, pl.6.f. 10-15. 
