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8. Bufo anomalus. 



Crown without bony enlargement, flat ; paratoids of moderate size, 

 subquadrang-ular ; tarsus with a series of small rough tubercles at the 

 inner edge ; first cuneiform bone with a sharj), horny edge, black as 

 in Pelobates cultrijies ; the opposite tubercle much smaller, rounded, 

 black at the tip. Toes half- webbed, the third finger longer than the 

 fourth, the third toe longer than the fifth. Upper parts and sides of 

 the neck with small spiny warts. Tympanum hidden, veiy small, 

 about one-fifth of the eye. Olive, upper and lateral parts irregularly 

 spotted with black ; belly yellowish, with a few small black spots, 



a. Adult male. Mexico. Piu-chased of M. Parzudaki. 



Length of the body If" ; length of the anterior extremity 1" ; 

 length of the posterior extremity 2". — This interesting species differs 

 from all the others in having a sharp metatarsal tubercle and an ex- 

 ceedingly small tympanum. It may hereafter prove to be the tj^e 

 of a separate genus. The denomination " anomalus " I foimd on 

 the label of the bottle containing the animal, without any indication 

 where and by whom the name was given. 



4. Bufo calamita. 



Roesel, Hist. Ran. t. 24 ; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 19. 



Bufo calamita, Laur. Sijn. Rept. p. 27. t. 1. f. 1 ; Dauh. Encyd. iii 



p. 296 ; Lacc'p. Hist. Nat. Quadr. Ovip. i. p. 592 ; Bonnat. Encyd. 



p. 18; Latr. Rept. ii. p. 114; Baiid. Hist. Rain. p. 77, and Rept. 



viii. p. 153; Merr. Tent. p. 182; Cin\ Regne Anim.; Gravenh 



Belie, p. G5 ; Wayl. Syst. p. 207 ; Eichw. Zool. ^jec. iii. p. 167 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 302 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 88 ; Bonap. Faun. Ral. ; 



Bell, Brit. Rept. p. 116. fig. . 

 Rana foetidissima, Herm. Aff. Anif)i. Tab. p. 260. 

 portentosa, Blmnenh. Handb. p. 243 ; Sturm, Deutschlands Fauna, 



iii. Heft 1. 

 Bufo cruciatus, Schneid. Hist, A?nph. p. 193. 

 Rana mephitica, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 149. 

 Bufo rubeta, Fleming, Brit. Anitn. p. 159; Jenyns in Trans. Cambr. 



Phil. Soc. 1830, p. 373. 



portentosus, Sekinz, Fauna Helret. p. 144. 



viridis, part., Du7n. 8j- Bibr. p. 681. 



Crown without bony enlargement. Paratoids elHptic, not black- 

 edged ; a paratoid-like gland on the upper side of logs. Tympanum 

 hidden. Toes half- webbed. Brownish, with rounded black spots ; 

 a yellowish vertebral line, sometimes wanting ; belly whitish, 

 generally black-spotted. 



a-c. Adult and young. Blackheath. 



d, e. Adult. Cambridgeshire. 



/. Adult. Kerry, Ireland. Presented by Dr. Purcell. 



(j, h. Young. Hamburg. Presented by Dr. Fricker. 



i. Adult. Calais. Presented by W. Leach, M.D. 



