92 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
- Bufo musicus Harlan, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., V, pt. 2, 
1827, p. 344.—Harlan, Med. Phys. Res., 1835, p. 109. 
Bufo americanus Holbrook, N. Am. Herp., I, 1836, p. 75, PI. 
9 (ref. infers).—Holbrook, |. c., Ed. 2, V, 1842, p. 17, Pl. 4.— 
Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 805. 
Family PELOBATID. 
The Burrowing Toads. 
Upper jaw toothed. Vertebrz mostly proccelous, without ribs, 
sacral strongly dilated. Fingers and toes free or webbed, with- 
out disks and simple. Sternum a cartilaginous plate or a bony 
style, with cartilaginous disk. Pupil erect. Tongue rounded, 
nearly entire. 
A rather small family of stout toad-lke appearance and habit, 
mainly nocturnal, and burrowing in the ground by means of the 
spur-like heel of the hind limbs. Also the vertical cat-like pupil 
is an adaptation for this habit, or peculiarity not usually exhibited 
by toads which are more or less crepuscular. A single genus 
within our limits. 
Genus ScapuHiopus Holbrook. 
The Spade Foot Toads. 
Scaphiopus holbrookii (Harlan).* 
PLATE 19. 
Spade Foot Toad. Spade Foot. Hermit Toad. Hermit Spade 
Foot Toad. 
Head, measured to posterior edge of tympanum, 3 in body 
to end of trunk, not including hind limbs; depth, a little swollen, 
* T give the following notes on an example which I received from Mr. James 
A. G. Rehn, during August of 1905. As it was brought alive from Palatka, 
Florida, by Mr. Rehn, I give it place only as a foot-note. Color in life deep 
blackish-brown offset with dull yellowish-olive, or other such tints in form 
of streaks on back, and blotches on flanks and legs. Snout more or less 
