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Mouth ventral ; it is very large (its posterior border situated 

 almost in the middle of the body) and has the shape of a 

 sucker ; lips distinctly separated from each other, bordered 

 with one series of short papillae, which are absent along the 

 upper border; jaws narrowly edged with black, the border of 

 the upper one M-shaped ; series of teeth 2/3, those of the 

 same lip equal in length; lower lip with a large, unarmed 

 portion behind the teeth. 



Brownish black, lower parts and crests of tail colourless. 

 Length 20 mm. 



This toad lives often near human dwellings, as B. melano- 

 sticius, but is much less common in low countries. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Upper Langkat; Medan ! ; Bander Baru, 

 Batak mts., +900 m. ! ; Toba lake; Airbangis! ; Talu ; Mt. Ophir, 

 1500 m. ! ; Sandaran Agung, 745 m., and Sinlak Deras, 900 m., 

 Kurintji valley; Sungai Kumbang, 1400 m., Kurintji peak; 

 Gunung-Sahilan; Andalas!; Agam; Kalung, Tilatang; Pajakom- 

 bol; Ajermantjur ! ; Alahanpandjang; Batu Sangkar, 450 — 

 900 m.; Solok!; Sidjundjung; Muarolabu ; Kepahiang; upper 

 current of Hari leko riv.; Palembang !) ; Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu, 

 460 m.; Baram riv.; Mt. Dulit, 1200 m. ; Miri, Serawak; Ka- 

 puas riv.; Sintang; Seberuang riv. ; Martapura) ; Java (Pasaruan, 

 Bantam!; Lebak; Batavia ! ; Buitenzorg!; Mt. Salak ; Gadok; 

 Tjibodas!; Sukabumi!; Tjiandjur; Djampang Tengah ! ; Sema- 

 rang ; Wonosobo ! ; Gunung Sewu, Djokjakarta!). — Siam ; 

 Malay Peninsula, up to 1500 m. 



12. Bufo celebensis Schlg. 



Bufo celebensis (Schlegel), Steindachner, Reise der Novara, Amph.,Wien, 1867, p. 44. 



Bjifo celebensis Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 313. 



Bufo celebensis Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 236. 



Bufo celebensis Boettger, Abh. Senckenb. naturf. Gas., XXV, 1901, p. 384. 



Habit stout. Head broader than long, with a broad supra- 

 orbital and a thick, elevated (in the young feebly prominent) 

 supratympanic bony ridge; snout obliquely truncate, shorter 

 than the upper eyelid, as deep as long; canthus rostralis angular, 

 with a prominent ridge; loreal region nearly vertical, almost 

 flat; nostril nearer tip of snout than eye; interorbital space 

 in the adult broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum more 

 or less distinct, vertically oval, its longest diameter '^f. to ^5 

 that of the eye. Tips of fingers and toes blunt; first finger 



