1880.] 



PAL^ARCTIC AND ETHIOPIAN TOADS. 



551 



2. BuFO RAD DEI, Strauch. 



-Bufo raddei, Strauch, Voy. Lieut.-Col. Przewalski, Rept et 



(IsV ^^^'"^^' ^^'"''"' ^''- ^"'''■"- ^'^^ ^^^ ye^r p.'^437 



Characters.— Crov,n of the head without bony ridges. Snout 



very distujct. Parotoids large, kidney-shaped or suboval, depressed 

 Fingers short, with single-rowed subarticular tubercles; first not 

 extending beyond second. Hind limbs short ; a parotoid-like gland 

 on the calf ; a cutaneous fold along the inner edge of the tarsus 

 toes short, webbed at the base, with single-rowed subarticular tuber: 

 cles. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts 

 Brown- or black.sh -spotted or marbled above; a light yertebral 



SloLr'f ,"'"'"^' ^''^"^"^ "'^^P""'^'^- Male lith a Itt e- 

 developed subgular vocal sac. 



Dimensions. 



m. 



0062 

 0-019 

 0-022 



From snout to veut 



Length of hecad .....'......."!! 



Breadth of bead ..!!....... 



From eye to nostril '"" 0-005 



From eye to tip of snout ''.'.'.'" 0-0095 



Greatest diameter of orbit 0007 



Interorbital space \\\\\ 0-004 



Diameter of tympanum 

 Length of parotoid . 

 Breadth of parotoid 



Body 



Fore limb 



Hind limb 



Tibia '" 



0003 



0-0125 



0-0085 



0-043 



0-035 



0073 



0-020 



m. 



0072 



0.021 



0025 



00055 



0010 



001.175 



0-004 



00035 



0015 



0010 



0051 



0038 



0-078 



0022 



m. 



0031 



0-010 



0011 



003 



0005 



0-0045 



00025 



00075 



0-0045 



0021 



0-Olfi 



030 



00095 



one. 



a. S- Chefoo. M. Lataste's collection. 



b. $ . Chefoo. M. Lataste's collection. 



c. Young. Amour. M. Lataste's collection. 

 DescrqUion-'Yhl, species is very closely allied to the precedin<. 



.e, having hke , short limbs, scarcely webbed toes, a very much 

 dev-eloped parotoid-hke gland on the upperside of th calf Ld die 

 first finger not extending beyond the second ; it approaches i "L^> 

 n the simple subarticular tubercles under the toei^ the very dis inct 

 tympanum, and large parotids. It must be regarded as an W^r 

 mediate form between B. calamita and B. viridis 



The head resembles in shape that of B. calamita, but is relatively 

 larger and Its breadth a little less with regard to its length The 

 nostrils are equally distant from the anterior corners of the eyes and 

 the tip of the snout ; and the space between them equals thif whTnh 



the tip of the snout than to the angles of the jaws. The interorbital 



