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Fig. 20. Distribution o{ Bu/o mauritanicus. 



Bibliography 



Altes and Siboulet (1978), Angel and Lhote (1938), 

 Bellairs and Shute (1954), Cloudsley-Thomson (1974), Doumergue 

 (1901), Dubois (1982), Galan (1931), Malkmus (1981), Meek 

 (1983), Pasteur and Eons (1959), Schneider (1978), Stemmler 

 (1972Guibe (1950), Dekeyser and Villiers (1956). 



Bufo vlridis Laurenti, 1768 



Figs. 6b, 21-22; 



Bufo boulengeri Lataste, 1879. Rev. Int. Sci.:438. 

 Bufo viridis: Boulenger, 1891:158. Scortecci, 1936:163 

 and Bons, 1959:149. 



Pasteur 



Diagnosis 



Medium-sized toad, green dorsum with irregular dark 

 patches. Tympanum small. Tarsal fold present. Paratoid glands 

 elongated and parallel. Distal subarticular tubercle of fourth 

 toe single. Tibial gland present. Interorbital region 

 flattened . 



Size 



Snout-vent lengths to 91 mm in males and 104 mm in 

 females . 



Description 



Wide head with smooth and narrow interorbital space. 

 Tympanum diameter 0.3-0.5 that of the eye. Short digits. 

 Subarticular tubercles of fore- and hindlimbs single. Two 

 palmar and two metatarsal tubercles. Dorsal patches are reddish 

 brown in young and dark green in adults; patches bordered with 

 black or with no dark border. Iris metallic greenish yellow 

 spotted with black. Belly whitish, with small blackish spots. 



