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21. Bufo peltocephalus. 



Bufo peltocephalus, Bihr. 3fus. Paris ; Tsehudi, Batrach. p. 89 ; Bihr. 

 in Ramon de la Sagi-a's Hist. He de Cuba, Rent. pi. 30 ; Diim. <^ Bibr. 

 p. 712. 



Crown concave, an ii'regiilarly crenulated ridge above the orbit 

 and along the can thus rostrahs ; snout obtuse, roimded. Paratoids 

 moderate, oval or elliptical, obliquely situated. Toes half- webbed ; 

 tarsus mth a cutaneous fold at the inner edge. 



a-c. Adult and half-grown. Cuba. Presented by the Zoological 



Society. 

 d. Adult. Cuba. 



22. Bufo d'orbignyi. 



D' Orbigny, Voy. AmSr. Merid. t. 15, f. 5-7. 

 Bufo d'orbignyi, Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 697. 



Crown on each side with a sharp bony ridge, Y-shaped poste- 

 riorly ; edge of upper jaw dilated behind ; first finger rather shorter 

 than second; paratoids short, very small; toes half-webbed. 

 Brownish oHve, with indistinct darker spots, a yellowish vertebral 

 line beginning from the snout ; belly uniform whitish ; crown vrith- 

 out black cross-streak. 



a-c. Adult and half-grown. Montevideo. Presented by Charles 

 Darwin, Esq. 



d. Adult. Montevideo. 



e. Young. ChiH. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 



/. Young. Rio Chiipat. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 



23. Bufo granulosus. (Plate V. fig. A.) 



Bufo granulosus, Spix, Spec. Nov. Test. t. 21. f. 2. 



struniosus, pt., Dmn. i^' Bibr. p. 716. (Exemplaires du Bresil, 



de la Guyane et de Cayenne, avec une serie de petits tubercules le 



long du bord interne du tarse.) 



Crown rather flat, not very concave, with a slight bony enlarge- 

 ment round the upper edge of e^^e ; muzzle narrow, pointed, ob- 

 liquely truncated, upper part prominent ; groove before the eye not 

 very deep. Paratoids moderate, subtriangiilar, not very prominent ; 

 tympanum distinct. Toes half- webbed ; tarsus without cutaneous 

 fold at the inner edge. Belly and breast uniform white. 



a, b. Adult. Pernambueo. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



c. Adult. Pernambueo. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



d. Adult. South America. From Mr. Bates's Collection. 

 e-g. Half-grown. America. 



24. Bufo gutturosus. (Plate V. fig. B.) 



Bufo gutturosus, Latr. Rejit. ii. p. 135. 



gutturosus et struniosus, Daud. Rain. pi. 34. f. 2, and Rept. viii. 



p. 166. 



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