320 BUFONID. 
acuminate; loreal regions very oblique; interorbital space much 
broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, nearly as 
large as the eye. First finger extending beyond second ; toes half 
Seabed. with simple subarticular uikerclane two small mmetpaneels 
tubercles; no tarsal fold. ‘The hind limb being carried forwards 
along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulated reaches between 
the front edge of the tympanum and the tip of the snout. Upper 
surfaces thickly covered with conical warts ; parotoids short, round, 
Upper view of head. 
or subtriangular, oblique; generally a series of large, strongly 
conical warts forms a lateral line beginning from the posterior end of 
the parotoid. Brown or blackish above ; a black cross streak between 
the angles of the supraorbital and parietal ridges; generally a light 
vertebral line and a broad lateral light band; beneath immaculate 
or black-spotted, the throat and breast sometimes, especially in 
males, black. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 
Texas ; Central America. 
Tie Oe ee Texas. 
b,c. 9 & her. Mexico. M. Sallé [C.]. 
d. Ys. Mexico. M. Sallé [C. |.) Types of 
B. sterno- 
e. Yo. Cordova. M. Sallé [C.].(  segnatus, 
juy. 
fn es Vera Cruz. 
g,h-l. 9, hgr., & yg. Jalapa, Mexico. Mr. Hoege [C.]. 
m-q. SQ. Vera Paz. O. Salvin, Esq. [P.]. - 
r. oO. Duenas, Guatemala. O. Salvin, Esq. | C. ]. 
63. Bufo melanochlorus. 
Bufo valliceps, var., Cope, Jowrn. Ac. Philad, 1865, p. 100. 
melanochlorus, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xvii. p. 85. 
Crown with prominent ridges, viz. a very weak preorbital, a 
supraorbital, a postorbital, a long parietal, and an orbito-tympanic ; 
snout not projecting; tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of 
the orbit. Toes long, nearly free; two metatarsal tubercles ; no 
tarsal fold. Legs short, the heel reaching the posterior border of 
