4, BUFO. 323 
vertebral line; beneath immaculate. Male with a subgular vocal 
sac. 
Uruguay; 8. Brazil. 
a-c. 3 & yg. : Monte Video. C. Darwin, Esq. [P. . 
d. 2. Monte Video. 
69. Bufo sternosignatus. 
Bufo sternosignatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 68, pl. 5. f. C. 
Bufo sternosignatus, Keferst, Giotting. Nachr. 1867, p.352, and Wiegm. | 
Arch. 1868, p. 294, 
Crown with a low ridge round the orbit and a strong orbito- 
tympanic one ; snout pointed, vertically truncate ; interorbital space 
flat, broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, about 
two thirds the width of the eye. First finger not extending be- 
yond second; toes half webbed, with generally double subarticular 
tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The 
hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-meta- 
tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Upper surfaces covered with 
small tubercles ; parotoids moderate, subtriangular; a lateral series 
of larger tubercles, commencing from the posterior angle of the 
parotoid. Brownish above, with symmetrical dark-brown markings, 
the most constant of which is a broad cross band between the eyes ; 
a more or less defined light vertebral line, sometimes black-edged ; 
throat and breast spotted or marbled with brown, with a rect- 
angular light cross. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 
Venezuela ; Colombia; Costa Rica. 
oe Puerto Cabello. mene 
b-c.. 3 Q. Venezuela. pi ee 
' d-e, Her. Bogota. 
70. Bufo canaliferus. 
Bufo canaliferus, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos, Soc. xvii. p. 85. 
Head narrow, with strong ridges, viz. a preorbital, a supra- 
orbital, a postorbital, and a very short orbito-tympanic; snout 
slightly prominent, contracted; interorbital space gutter-like, a 
little narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, some- 
what more than half the diameter of the eye. First finger not 
extending beyond second; toes half webbed, with simple subarti- 
cular tubercles; two rather small metatarsal tubercles; no tarsal 
fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 
tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of 
the snout. Skin tubercular; parotoids large, triangular; a lateral 
series of large tubercles. Light brown above, with a light vertebral 
band; on each side of the latter are large blackish-brown angular 
spots; a dark band extending from the orbit to the middle of the 
side; beneath immaculate. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 
Tehuantepec. 
E68 « Tehuantepec. Brussels Museum [E. ]. 
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