302 BUFONIB^. 



33. Bufo compactilis- 



Bufo auomalus, Giinth. Cat. p. 57. 

 Bufo compactilis, Wieqm. Isis, 1833, p. 061 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 



1863, p. 89, & 1873,' p. 624. 

 Auaxyrus melaucliolicus, TscJmcli, Faun. Per., Herp. p. 78, pi. 1] . f. 5. 

 ? Bufo speciosus, Girarcl, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, p. 86, and U.S. 



Men: Bound. Surv. ii. p. 26, pi. 40. f. 5-10. 

 Bufo levifrons, Bocourt, Bidl. S>oc. Philom. (7) i. p. 187. 

 Dromoplectrus anomalus, Camerano, Atti Ace. Tor. xiv. p. 882. 



Crown witliout bony ridges ; snout short, blunt ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small [indistinct 

 in this specimen]. First finger extending beyond second ; toes half 

 webbed, with double subarticular tubercles ; two compressed meta- 

 tarsal tubercles, the inner very large, shovel-shaped as in Pelohates ; 

 tarsal fold indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches hardly the eye. 

 Upper surfaces with small spiny warts : parotoids moderate, subquad- 

 rangular, depressed. Olive above, with irregular blackish spots ; 

 beneath with a few small black spots. [Male with a subgular vocal 

 vesicle.] 



Texas ; Mexico ; Peru. 



a. Hgr. Mexico. (Type of Bufo anomalus.') 



34, Bufo simus. 



Bufo simus, Giinth. Cat. p. 139. 

 Bufo simus, Schmidt, Denkschr. Ac. Wien, 1858, p. 254, t. 3. f. 22. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short ; tympanum hidden. 

 First finger longer than second ; toes half webbed ; no tarsal fold. 

 Back with larger and smaller flat warts ; parotoids moderate, irre- 

 gularly rounded. Above grey or brown, beneath with blackish 

 irregular spots. 



Chiriqui Eiver. 



35. Bufo spinulosus. 



Bufo chilensis, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 56. 

 ? Eana tliaul, Molina, Hist. Nat. Chili, p. 194. 

 Bufo thaul, Gam. Si- Less. Voy. Coq. ii. pi. 7. f. 6. 

 spinulosus, Wiex/m. Nov. Act. xvii. t. 22. f. 3 ; Tschudi, Batr. 



p. 88 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 80, & 1873, p. 623 ; Stein- 



dachn. Novara, Amph. p. 42. 

 • chilensis, Tschudi, Batr. p. 88; Ei/doux ^~ Soul. Voy. Bonite, t. 9. 



f. 1, 2 ; Bell, Zool. Btaijle, p. 40; Bum. i^- Bihr. p. 678 ; Guichen. in 



Gay, Hist. Chile, Herp. p. 125, pi. 5. f. 3; Espada, Viaj. Pacif., Vert, 



p. 204. 



trifolium, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p. 72, pi. 11. f. 3. 



lineo-maculatus, Guichen. I. c. p. 128, pi. 5. f. 5. 



rubro-punctatus, Guichen. I. c. pi. 5. f . 4 ; Steindachn. I. c. 



lugubrosus, Girard, U.S.Expl.Fxpcd.^Herp.^. 85, pi. 6. f. 10-15, 



