4, BUFO. 325 
orbital, and an orbito-tympanic ; snout acuminate, prominent ; loreal 
region very concaye ; interorbital space much broader than the 
upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, about two thirds the width of 
the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; toes half or 
two-thirds webbed,with double subarticular tubercles ; two moderate 
metatarsal tubercles; a short tarsal fold. The hind limb being 
carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation 
reaches between the shoulder and the tympanum. Upper surfaces 
covered with small tubercles ; parotoids moderate, transverse, rather 
indistinct. Brownish above, marbled with darker; sometimes a 
light vertebral stripe ; beneath immaculate. Male with a subgular 
vocal sac. 
W. Indies. 
a-c,d,e. 3,2, & yg. S. Domingo. 
aS: S. Domingo. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
gh. 3%. Hayti. J. Hearne, Esq. [P.]. 
74. Bufo peltocephalus. 
; Bufo peltocephalus, Giinth. Cat. p. 67. 
Bufo peltocephalus, (Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 89; Bibr. in Ramon de 
la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Rept. pl. 30; Dum. § Bibr. p. 712. 
Peltophryne peltocephala, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. i. p. 32. 
Upper view of head. 
Derm of head involved in cranial ossification; crown with pro- 
minent ridges, viz. a canthal, a supraorbital, a postorbital, and an 
orbito-tympanic; canthal ridge not confluent with supraorbital, 
ending in a knob; supraorbital and postorbital ridges forming 
a right angle; snout short, blunt; interorbital space much broader 
than the upper eyelid; tympanum yery distinct, two thirds or half 
the width of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second ; 
toes half webbed; subarticular tubercles double under the last 
phalanges of fourth toe ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a short 
