ANURA— BUFONIDAE— BUFO WOODHOUSII. 629 



77. Bufo debilis, Gh: 



Bufo debilis, Gin., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Hiila., vii, 1854, 57 — GiE., apud Bd., U. S.& 

 Mcx. Bound. Surv, 1859, ii, pt. ii, 27.— Cope, Check-List, 1S75, 29. 



Bufo insidior, GiR., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1854, 88.— Gir. apud Bd., U. S. & Mex. 

 Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Reptiles, 26, pi. 41, figs. 13-18. 



Upper surface of head plane and smooth. Snout stibacute, protruding. 

 Mouth moderate ; upper jaw slightly emarginated. Tongue elongated, 

 tapering toward both extremities. Tympanum inconspicuous. Parotoids 

 large and elongated, obliquely situated across the shoulders. Limbs mod- 

 erate. First finger equal to the second in length. A carpal disk and a 

 tubercle. Toes slightly webbed at then base. Two metatarsal tubercles. 

 No membranous fold at the inner lower edge of the tarsus. Skin papillous 

 above, warty beneath. Above of a bluish slate, but with black markings. 

 Beneath unicolor, of a dingy-yellow tint. — Grirard, I. c. 



Chihuahua and "Sonora" (?'. e. Arizona). 



78. Bufo woodhousii, Gir. 



Bufo dorsalis, Hallow., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1852, 181 (nee Spix). — Id., Sit- 

 greave's Rep. Exp. Zufii & Col. Riv., 1853, 142, pi. 19. 



Bvfo woodhousii, Gir., Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. Phila., 1854, SO.— Id., U. S. & Mex. 

 Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Reptiles, 27.— Id., P. R, R. Rep., x, 1859, Gun- 

 nison & Beckwith's Route, Reptiles, 20. — Id., ib., x, 1859, Whipple's Route, 

 Reptiles, 44, pi. 25, t. 1. 



Head short and thick ; upper central surface but little depressed, not 

 to say grooved ; the suborbital ridge being slightly elevated. The occipito- 

 temporal ridge is thicker, and hence a little more conspicuous. Snout 

 rounded; nostrils terminal. Mouth wide; upper jaw emarginated. Tympa- 

 num and parotids of moderate size. Limbs rather short and stout ; first 

 finger much longer than the second; a large metacarpal disk; toes semipal- 

 mated ; two metatarsal tubercles, a very large and a very small one ; no 

 membranous fold at the inner lower edge of the tarsus. Papillae of medium 

 size upon the back. Inferior surface with rather small, crowded, granular 

 warts. Above dark-brown, with numeroits lines of yellow. A dorsal yellow- 

 ish vitta running the whole length of the body. Transverse blotches of black 

 upon the thighs and forearms. Beneath ochraceous. — Guard. 



A species which appears to be of very general distribution in the South- 



