12 BUFO ERYTHROIVOTUS. 



Dimensions. Length of body from snout to vent, 20 lines; of thigh, 6 lines; 

 of leg, 6 lines; of tarsus and toes, 6 lines. 



Habits. This animal is found in the deep forests of oak in the neighbourhood 

 of Charleston, and is apparently rare, as in nine years I have not seen more than 

 a dozen specimens, consequently nothing can be said of its habits. 



Geographical Distribution. As )*et this animal has only been observed in 

 South Carolina. 



General Remarks. There is no doubt that this animal is an adult, though I 

 was at first disposed to consider it the young of the large toad of similar colour 

 mentioned by Bartram in his Travels in Florida, which as yet I have never 

 seen. Subsequent observation has, however, convinced me to the contrary; for 

 Bartram's animal weighed nearly a pound, while no specimen of the Bufo 

 crythronotus exceeded twenty lines in length; nor can it be the young of 

 the Bulb lentiginosus, as the superciliary ridges are not elevated, and the slight 

 elevation that does exist is between the nostrils and orbit; or the young of the 

 Bufo Amcricanus, which is sometimes red, for this latter animal does not inhabit 

 the low country of South Carolina, nor has it the spade-like process at the foot, 

 as in that animal; nor, in fact, is it the young of any animal, as might be inferred 

 from its size, for I have seen the male and female together, and have seen their 

 spawn. 



