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BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Bufo lentiginosus ivoodhousci Bd. & Gird. 



Catalogue 



"No. of 



number. 



spec. 



850-1 



1 



8085 



3 



816i 



2 



8505 



2 



8548 



1 



818C 



3 



5008 



1 



9278 



2 



9713 



1 



10105 



1 



2535 



2 



4185 



1 



5213 



3 



4195 



1 



2531 



1 



2646 



1 



2632 



1 



8547 



1 



14526 



1 



14538 



1 



2631 



2 



7012 



1 



4184 



2 



2552 



2 



Locality. 



Colorado Springs, Colo .. 



Eastern Utah 



Fairfield, Utah 



Camp Apache, Ariz 



do 



Utah 



Kansas - 



Yellowstone River 



New Mexico 



White River C a D o u , 



Ariz. 



Yellowstone River 



Port Defiance, N. Mex. . . 

 Cantonment Burgwyn, 



N. Mex. 



Platte Valley 



Calif. Mountains, Mexico. 



Near Antelope Hills 



Canadian River 



New Mexico 



Fort Custer, Mont 



Saint Thomas, Nev 



Swamps on Loup Fork, 

 Nehr. 



Athabasca River 



Upper Colorado region . 

 Fort Laramie, Nebr 



When 

 collected. 



July — . 1874 



1872 



1871 



Aug. -, 1873 



"Aug. — , 1874 



1872 



Sept. 10, 1873 

 1875 



—1885 



From whom received. 



John Yarrow 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow 



. ...do 



H. W. .Heushaw 



J. M. Rutter 



Exped. W. of 100th Mer. . 



n. W. Henshaw 

 Dr. Burr 



Dr. Hayden 



H. B. MoUhausen.. 

 Captain Anderson. 



Dr. C. Drexler 



Dr. S. W.Woodhouse.... 



H. B. MoUhausen 



do 



Dr. 0. Loew 



Capt. Charles Bendire, U. 

 S.A. 



Dr. E. Palmer 



Dr. Hayden 



R. Kennicott 



H. B. MoUhausen 

 F.W. Hayden .... 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Alcoholic. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Ale. type. 



Alcoholic. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Bitfo lentiginosus americanus Lee. * 



Cope, Cbeck-List N. Amer. Batr. and Eeptil., 1875, p. 29; Boulenger, 

 Catal. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 309, fig. 



Bufo americanus (Lecoiite) Holbr., N. A. Herp. v, v. PI. 4: Dnin. & Bibr., p. 695; 



Hallow., Proceed. Ac. Pbila., 1856, p. 251 ; Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., ir, p. 



25 ; Wied., Nova Acta, xxxii, p. 121. 

 Bufo copei Yarrow &Hensbaw, Rep. Eeptil. Batr., Expl. W. lOOtb Mer., 1878, p. 4. 



L(3iigtli of head to posterior eud of crauial crests entering length to 

 vent four and a half times ; cranial ridges narrow, well marked, not unit- 

 ing in a prefrontal callosity, uniting with the postorbitals at a right 

 angle and projecting but little behind them. 



Supratynipauic ridge wanting or rarely very short. Preorbital not 

 strong. Parotoids quite elongate, varying a little in breadth. Profile 

 a gradual descent from behind, depressed behind prefrontal bones; 

 muzzle slightly decurved, not projecting; nostril a little nearer orbit 

 than labial margin. Skin everywhere pustular ; a few larger warts on 

 each side the vertebral line. Tympanum distinct, half orbit. Middle of 

 fore-arm to muzzle ; heel to front of orbit. Metatarsal tubercle promi- 

 nent, usually narrow; its horny sheath largely blackened; outer tubercle 

 small. No tarsal fold. 



Yellowish or darker brown above, with three or four pairs of deeper, 

 small, yellow-edged spots on the dorsal region, separated by a light ver- 

 tebral line which extends from the end of the muzzle; one or two yel- 

 lowish streaks extend from the parotoid posteriorly on the sides. The 

 latter and femora behind are finely yellowish marbled on blackish 

 ground. Below dirty yellow; breast frequently black spotted. Length 



opiates 58,59. 



