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  BUF0N1D.E. 
  

  

  minent, 
  fiattisli, 
  and 
  without 
  any 
  trace 
  of 
  horny 
  spines; 
  

   the 
  largest 
  distinctly 
  porous 
  to 
  the 
  naked 
  eye 
  ; 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  very 
  prominent 
  glands 
  at 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  mouth. 
  

   Parotoids 
  usually 
  rather 
  small, 
  feebly 
  prominent, 
  oval 
  

   or 
  sub 
  triangular, 
  beginning 
  at 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  behind 
  

   the 
  upper 
  eyelids, 
  parallel 
  or 
  slightly 
  converging 
  back- 
  

   wards 
  ; 
  their 
  width 
  equals 
  two-fifths 
  to 
  four-fifths 
  their 
  

   length, 
  which 
  is 
  equal 
  to 
  their 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  

   nostrils 
  or 
  less 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  width 
  and 
  length 
  are 
  

  

  Fig. 
  88. 
  

  

  Female, 
  upper 
  view. 
  

  

  nearly 
  equal. 
  A 
  similar 
  gland 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  

   of 
  the 
  forearm 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  the 
  calf. 
  Lower 
  sur- 
  

   faces 
  covered 
  with 
  rounded 
  granules, 
  which 
  are 
  much 
  

   more 
  developed 
  and 
  more 
  distant 
  from 
  one 
  another 
  on 
  

   the 
  lower 
  belly 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  thighs. 
  

  

  Greyish, 
  greenish, 
  brownish, 
  or 
  pinkish 
  above, 
  with 
  

   green, 
  olive, 
  or 
  brown 
  marblings 
  or 
  numerous 
  spots, 
  

   very 
  variable 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  shape, 
  their 
  outlines 
  not 
  so 
  

   well 
  defined 
  as 
  is 
  commonly 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  Bufo 
  viridis. 
  

   The 
  markings 
  general 
  lv 
  more 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  