320 BUFONID^. 



acuminate ; loreal regions very oblique ; interorbital space much 

 broader than, the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, nearly as 

 large as the eye. First finger' extending beyond second ; toes half 

 webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles ; two small metatarsal 

 tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches between 

 the front edge of the tympanum and the tip of the snout. Upper 

 surfaces thickly covered with conical warts ; parotoids short, round, 



Upper view of head, 



or subtriangiilar, oblique : generally a series of large, strongly 

 conical warts forms a lateral line beginning from the posterior end of 

 the parotoid. Brown or blackish above ; a black cross streak between 

 the angles of the supraorbital and jiarietal ridges ; generally a light 

 vertebral line and a broad lateral light band ; beneath immaculate 

 or black-spotted, the throat and breast sometimes, especially in 

 males, black. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 

 Texas ; Central America. 



ct. P . Tgxrs 



b,c. $ & hgi-. Mexico. M. Salle [C.]. 



d. Yg. Mexico. M. Salle [C.J. ] Types of 



( B. sterno- 



e. Yg. Cordova. M. Salle [C.J. C sir/natus, 



) juv. 



f. 2 • ^ era Crnz. 



ff, h-l. 5 ) hgr., & yg. Jalapa, Mexico. Mr. Hoege [C.J. 



m-q. S $ • Vera Paz. O. Salvin, Esq. [P.J. 



r. 5 . Duenas, Guatemala. O. Sahin, Esq. [C.J. 



63. Bufo melanochlorus. 



Bufo valliceps, var., Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. 1865, p. 100. 

 melanochlorus, Cope, Proc. Amer. PJiilos. Soc. xvii. p. 85. 



Crown with prominent ridges, viz. a very weak preorbital, a 

 supraorbital, a postorbital, a long parietal, and an orbito-tympanic ; 

 snout not projecting ; tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of 

 the orbit. Toes long, nearly free ; two metatarsal tubercles ; no 

 tarsal fold. Legs short, the heel reaching the posterior border of 



