8 BUFO LENTIGINOSUS. 
Bufo musicus, Merrem, Versuch eines Syst. der Amphib., p. 181. 
Bufo musicus, Har/an, Med. and Phys. Res., p. 113. 
Carolina Toad, Vulgo. 
Description. The head is very large, dark-coloured, and without warts, 
except a few small ones on the eyelids, The mouth is of great size, without 
either maxillary or palatine teeth. The snout is obtuse, and from its tip runs an 
elevated bony line, subdividing at the nostrils, and forming the superciliary ridges; 
these increase in elevation as they reach the posterior part of the orbit, where 
they terminate in a rounded knob or tubercle; their great height gives to the 
upper surface of the head a canaliculated appearance; a second ridge descends 
from each of these, and completes the posterior border of the orbit. The upper 
jaw is yellowish-brown, and deeply emarginate in front; the lower is white, and 
furnished at its anterior part with a distinct hook, which is received in the notch 
of the upper jaw. 
The nostrils are small and round, placed near the point of the snout. ‘The 
eyes are large, prominent, and very beautiful; the pupil is black, the iris reticu- 
lated with gold and black, and has an inner margin of yellow. The tympanum is 
large and dusky, with a minute spot of a lighter shade in the centre. The 
parotid glands are large, reniform, and exude a pale milky fluid when pressed; 
the orifices of the canals, out of which it flows, are evident. 
The back and sides are dusky, and covered with warts of different sizes; a pale 
vertebral line extends from the head to the vent, on each side of which are found 
the largest warts; an irregular row of spots of yellowish-white exists on the flank, 
having somewhat the appearance of an indistinct band, extending from the inferior 
and posterior part of the parotid gland to within a short distance of the thighs. 
The whole inferior surface of the animal is dirty-white, with a strong tinge of 
yellow. 
The anterior extremities are short; the upper surface is dusky, with blotches 
