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reaches to between the eye and the tip of the snout. Anterior 

 half of the back finely tubercular, the remainder smooth ; no paro- 

 toids. Black ; upperside of head and a dorsal line generally 

 grey ; beneath with large bright yellow spots. Male with a sub- 

 gular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1'2 inches. 



Hob. Brahniagiri Hills, Coorg. 



105. Bufo kelaartii. 



Bufo kelaartii, Giinth. Cat. Eatr. Sal. p. 140, pi. x, fig. A ; id Eept. 



B. I. p. 421 ; Boulena. Cat. Batr. Sal p. 288. 

 Bufo kandianus, GiintJi. A. M. N. H. (4) ix, 1872, p. 87. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout rounded or slightly pointed ; 

 can thus rostralis angular ; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum small, rather indistinct. Fingers rather slender, 

 first not extending as far as second ; toes entirely webbed, with 

 single subarticular tubercles ; tips of fingers and toes swollen ; two 

 small metatarsal tubercles; tarsal fold present or absent. The 

 tarso-nietatarsal articulation reaches to between the eye and the tip 

 of the snout. Skin covered with small tubercles ; parotoids very 

 narrow and rather elongate. Brownish above ; a light cross-band 

 between the eyes ; beneath brown-spotted. 



From snout to vent 1-75 inches. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



100. Bufo hololius. 



Bufo hololiiiP, Giinth. P. Z. 8. 187"), p. 500, pi. Lxiv, fi<?. A ; Souleny. 

 Cat. Batr. Snl. p. 289. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, prominent ; inter- 

 orbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, 

 nearly as large as the eye and close to it. Fingers short, first ex- 

 tending a little beyond second ; toes short, webbed at the base only ; 

 subarticular tubercles single, not very prominent ; two small meta- 

 tarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The tarso-metatarsal articulation 

 reaches the eye. Skin smooth, the back with very flat, smooth, 

 distinctly porous glandular patches ; parotoids flat. Olive above, 

 marbled with brown ; beneath immaculate. 



From snout to vent l - 4 inches. 



Hob. Malabar. A single specimen is known. 



107. Bufo macrotis. 



Bufo macrotis, Boulentj. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) v, 1887, p. 422, pi. iv, 

 fig. 3. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, truncated ; interorbital 

 space flat, as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, ver- 

 tically oval, quite as large as the eye and close to it. First finger 

 a little longer than second ; toes barely half webbed, with irregular 



