172 HEADLESS TOAD. 



the mouth is scarce apparent : the legs are very 

 short, and the thighs are, as it were, imbedded or 

 inclosed in the wrinkled skin of the sides. The 

 whole animal is smooth or without tubercles : the 

 fore feet unwebbed ; the hinder very slightly web- 

 bed. The colour of the whole is pale or whitish, 

 spotted or marbled with brown on the upper part : 

 across each of the upper eyelids runs a curved 

 white band or streak uniting towards the nostrils, 

 and upper lip : the eyes are of moderate size. 

 This species was described from a specimen in 

 spirits from the East Indies. 



HEADLESS TOAD. 



Raha Acephala. R. corpore subgloboso fusco ulbo vario, capite 

 indistincto, rictu angvstissimo dcorsum curvato. 



Brownish Toad, marbled with white, with indistinct head and 

 very small mouth, curving downwards. 



Rana acephala. Schiieid. Amph.p. 146. 



THIS is extremely allied to the two former spe- 

 cies, and might even be mistaken for the Short- 

 headed Toad, but differs not only in colour, but 

 in the still less apparent distinction of the head, 

 which is so lost in the outline of the body as to' 

 be perfectly blended : the mouth is also much 

 smaller than in either of the two preceding ani- 

 mals, and curves downwards at each corner. The 

 colour of this species is brown, variegated with 

 white. The legs are short and weak, as in the 

 two former kinds. 



