352 THE BATRACHIANS OF EGYPT. 
Bufo maurit aniens, purt., Boettger, Kobelt's Reis. Alger, u. Tunis, 1885, p. 474. 
Bvfo viridis, var. balearica, Boettger, Zool. Anz. 1880, p. 642; Cat. Batr. Mus. Senck. 1890, 
p. 35. 
1 J . Under a small bridge over a water-conduit, Ramleh, Alexandria. 
Snout short and moderately broad ; nostrils close to the extremity of the snout, 
distant from it about one-third of the interval between it and the eye. Interorbital 
space flat, not so broad as an upper eyelid. Eye twice, or more than twice, the diameter 
of the tympanum ; the latter more or less vertically oval, distinct. Parotoids variable, 
in some very large, more or less elongate, bean-shaped, generally passing backwards 
on a line with the vertical of the axilla. Male with a subgular vocal sac. First 
finger somewhat longer than the second, or the two nearly of equal length ; toes about 
oue-half or two-thirds webbed, with small, simple, subarticular tubercles, and two 
moderately large metatarsal tubercles and a tarsal fold ; tarso-metatarsal joint, when 
the limb is laid forwards, generally reaches the front of the eye ; obscure, porous, 
rounded eminences or warts scattered over the skin. General colour greyish olive, with 
rather brilliant green spots, and the warts finely punctulated with bright pink ( d ), 
or the upper surface nearly uniform greyish ; under surface white, or more or less 
dusky spotted. 
This species, as far as my observations go, does not appear to be common in Lower 
Egypt, for, although I was very often on the lookout for it, I succeeded in finding only 
a single specimen. 
It is distributed over Northern Africa, from Egypt to Morocco, penetrating the Nile 
valley to Luxor, and extending as far south as the island of Dahalak in the Eed Sea. 
Its western range in Europe extends to the Ehine and to the Alps up to 6500 feet. It 
is spread over the rest of Southern Europe, and occurs in the Balearic Islands. In 
Asia it is present in North-west Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Persia, Baluchistan, 
northwards through Afghanistan to Eastern Turkestan, Central Asia, and to the 
Himalayas, where it has been found at an elevation of 15,000 feet. 
In Europe the breeding-season of this toad begins in the first part of April and 
lasts to the middle of June, and those sexually active remain a long time in the 
water. 
Dr. Innes, to whom I am indebted for the native name, says this toad and 
B. regularis are known as \^, a^Li, dofdah tini= land-frog. 
