BATRACHIA. 



105. BUFO AMERICANUS, Leconte. 



Plate XX XIX, Figs, 1—4. 



Bufo amcricanm, (Lec. kss ) IIolbrook, N. Am. 1 I<rp. V, 1842, 17; pL iv r . 



Spec. Char. — Head above, grooved; a ridge from the snout to the occiput, hence at almost right angle to 

 the tympanum. The ridge from either side is slightly diverging from before backwards. Skin upon 

 the head thick, and adhering to the skull. Parotids sub-reniform. Tympanum well developed. A sub- 

 gular vocal sac in the male sex. Limbs large and stout. First linger larger than the second. A large 

 carpal corneous disk,, and a small one. No membranous fold at the inner lower edge of the tarsus. 

 Toes semi-palmated. Two metatarsal tubercles, the internal large and spade-shaped, the external smal* 

 and sub-conical. Large papilla on the back. Greenish or yellowish brown above, witli scattered black 

 patches or spots. A vertebral fuscous vitta or streak. Two black patches under the eye, occasionally 

 spotted about the nostrils and over the jaws. Beneath dirty yellowish. — (Giraro.) 



Atlantic States. 



106. BUFO PUNCTATUS, B. & G. 



Plate XXXIX, Figs. 5—7. 



Bufo pimctatus, B. & G. Pr, A. N. Sc. VI, Oct. 1852, 173. 



Spec. Char. — Upper surface of the head flattened, with a sub-orbicular row of granules. Tip of the 

 nout prominent. A blunt granular ridge along the sides of the upper surface. Parotid glands rounded 

 or sub-triangular. Tympanum well developed and eventually elliptical. Eyes large. Tongue elliptical. 

 iiirst finger longer than the second. Two carpal disks. No membranous fold along the inner edge of the 

 tarsus. Toes very slightly webbed at the base. Upper surface of the body covered with minute granules. 

 Two small metatarsal tubercles. Above yellowish brown, with minute black dots/>ver the head, body, 

 and limbs. Granules reddish. Beneath yellowish white, with scattered minute blackish dots under the 

 head and over the chest. — (Girard.) 



Western Texas. J. H. Clark. 



107. BUFO NKRULIFER, Grd. 



Plate XL, Fins. 1 — 4. 



liufo granulosus B. k G. Pr. A. N Sc. VI, Oct. 1852, 173. 

 Bufo nebulifer, Girard, Pr. A. \. Sc. VII, May, 1854, 87. 



Spec Char. — Upper surface of head deeply excavawd Or concave; concavity bordered with conspieuou 

 ridges. Skin very thin and iirtnly adhering to the skull. Parotid small; eyes and tympanum rather 

 large. Tongue moderate, broadest posteriorly. Upper jaw emarginated. Inner finger much longer than 

 the second, which is longer than the fourth. Two well developed carpal disks. No membranous fold 

 along the tarsus. Toes semipalmated; two metatarsal tubercles. Palm of hands and sole of feet 

 tuberculous. Yellowish brown with a dorsal broad streak of the same tint. An interoeular black bar «m 



either side of the dor J streak extending to the whole length of the tody. Sides rnaculat I; upper part 



if limbs barred. 1 neath uni >r in the adult, spotted in the young. — (Gnu».) 



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