4. BrFo. 



325 



orbital, and an orbito-tympanic ; snout acuminate, prominent ; loreal 

 region very concave ; interorbital space much, broader than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about two thirds the width of 

 the eye. First finger not extending beyond second ; toes half or 

 two-thirds webbed, with double subarticular tubercles ; two moderate 

 metatarsal tubercles ; a short tarsal fold. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation 

 reaches between the shoulder and the tympanum. Upper surfaces 

 covered with small tubercles ; parotoids moderate, transverse, rather 

 indistinct. Brownish above, marbled with darker ; sometimes a 

 light vertebral stripe ; beneath immaculate. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 

 W. Indies. 



a-c,cl,e. t?, 2,&yg. 



/• $■ 

 9-h. 6 2 . 



S. Domingo. 

 S. Domingo. 

 Hayti. 



Sir A. Smith [P.]. 

 J. Hearne, Estj. [P.]. 



74. Bufo peltocephalus. 



Bufo peltocephalus, G'dnth. Cat. p. 67. 

 Bufo peltocephalus, (Bibr.) Tuchudi, liatr. p. 89 ; Bibr. in Ramon de 



la tSayra, Hist. CWirt, Eept. pi. 30 ; Dum. ^- Bibr. p. 712. 

 Peltopbryne peltocephala, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. i. p. 3:i. 





Upper view of head. 



Derm of head involved in cranial ossification ; crown with pro- 

 minent ridges, viz. a canthal, a supraorbital, a postorbital, and an 

 orbito-tympanic ; canthal ridge not confluent with supraorbital, 

 ending in a knob ; supraorbital and postorbital ridges forming 

 a right angle ; snout short, blunt ; interorbital space much broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds or half 

 the width of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second ; 

 toes half webbed ; subarticular tubercles double under the last 

 phalanges of fourth toe; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a short 



