4. BCFO. 



297 



25. Bufo viridis. 



Bufo viridis, Giinth. Cat. p. 58. 

 Bufo A-iridis, Law. Syn. Rept. pp. 27 & 111, pi. 1; Daud. Rain. 



. 39 ; Stoliczka, Juiirn. As. Soc. 1870, p. 15.5 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, 

 i. p. 411 J Koch, Ser. Senck. Ges. 1872, p. 170 ; De Betta, Faun. 



Rett. Anf. p. 74; Lessona, Atti Ac. Line. Mem. CI. Sc.Jis. Sfc. 



)8o, pi. 4 : Boukng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 553, pi. 50. 



P-. 

 iii. p. 



It al, Rett. 



i. p. 10; 



schreberianus, Laiir. I. c, p. 27. 



Eana variabilis, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. vii. p. 1, pi. G. f. 1 & 2. 



Bufo variabilis, 3Ien: Syd. Amph. p. 180; Eiclno. Zool. Siyec. Ross. 



Pol. p. 167 ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 138 ; Lexjdig, An. Batr. p. 29. 



arabicus, Rupj?. Reise nordl. Afr.., Rept. p. 20, pi. 5. f. 2. 



viridis, part., Dttm. ^- Bihr. p. 681. 



calamita, GUnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 426. 



boulengeri, Lataste, Rev. Int. Sc. 1879, p. 438. 



Crown -without bony ridges ; snout short, rather blunt ; inter- 

 orbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 about half the width of the eye. First finger extending a little 

 beyond second ; toes half or two-thirds webbed, with simple sub- 

 articular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal 

 fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 

 tarso-metatar.sal articulation marks generally the anterior corner of 

 the eye in males, the posterior corner in females. I'pper parts with 

 irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts ; parotoids very variable 

 in shape and in size, generally moderately elongate and kidney- 

 shaped, sometimes enormous. Olive or greenish, spotted or marbled 

 above, seldom nearly immaculate ; beneath whitish, uniform or 

 blackish-spotted. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Europe ; Asia ; X. Africa. 



Germany. 



Turin. 



Baleares. 



Crimea. 



Mediterranean. 



Xanthus. 



Dead Sea. 



Mount Carmel. 



Damascus. 



Jericho. 



Euplirates. 



Arabia. 



Cilician Taurus. 



Albistan. 



Kurdistan. 



ISear Re?lit, Ghilan, 



N. Persia. 

 Nea,r Bam, S.E.Persia. 

 Baluchistan, or S.E. 



Persia. 



Prof. BonelH [P.]. 



M. G. A. Boulenger [P.]. 



B. L. Hawkins, Esq. [P.I. 

 Mr. Miller [P.]. 



Ch. Fellows. Esq. [P.]. 

 Eev. H. B.Tristram [C . 

 Ptev. H. B.Tristram [C.;. 

 Dr. Anderson [P.]. 

 Dr. Anderson [P.]. 

 Capt. Chesnev's Exped. 

 Capt. Burton"[P.]. 



C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 

 C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



W.T. Blanford,Esa.[P.]. 

 W.T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



