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6. Ceratophrys dorsata. 



Ceratoplirys cornuta, Cfunth. Cat. p. 24. 

 Eana oomuta, Tilesius, Magaz. Naturf. Fr. Berl. iii. p. 90, pi. 3, and 



Krusenstern's JReise, pi. 6. 

 Ceratoplirys dorsata, Wied,Beitr. Natt(rcf. Bras. i.^. 576, and Abbild.; 



Wagl. Icon. t. 22. f. 1 & 2, and Syst.Amph. p. 204; Tschudi, Batr. 



p. 81 ; Dum. 8f Bih: p. 431 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 204. 

 Stombus dorsatus, Ch-avenh. Delia, p. 49. 



Two very small groups of vomerine teeth between the choanse. 

 Head enormous, bony, with symmetrical ridges and patches of 

 tubercles ; nostril nearer the eye than the tip of the snout ; eye 

 small ; upper eyelid produced into a horn-like appendage, the length 

 of which does not equal the width of the orbit ; interorbital space 

 concave ; tympanum moderately distinct. Back with a club- 

 shaped bony shield. First finger longer than second ; toes slightly 

 webbed ; subarticular tubercles not very prominent; inner metatarsal 

 tubercle large, oval, compressed, with blunt edge ; a rather indistinct 

 tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the metatarsal tubercle reaches between the eye and the nostril. 

 Skin of upper surfaces with small tubercles ; a cutaneous ridge on 

 each side of the dorsal shield ; smooth or slightly granular beneath: 

 Brown above, the middle of the head and back, the club-shaped 

 figure, a stripe on the scapular region, and cross bands on the legs 

 bluish. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Brazil. 



a-b. (S ? . Brazil. (The male contained in its stomach a 



full-grown Leptodactylus ocellatiu.') 



c. 2 ■ Brazil. 



d. Adult, stuffed. S. America. Lieut. Maud, R.N. [P.]. 



7. Ceratophrys ornata. 



Ceratophrys ornata, Gunth. Cat. p. 25. 

 Uperodon ornatum. Bell, Zool. Beagle, Mept. p. 50, pi. 20. f. 2. 

 Trigonophrys rugiceps, Sallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1856, p. 298, and 



Journ. Ac. Philad. 1858, pi. 36. 

 Ceratophrys ornata, Qiinih. Trans. Zool. Soc. xi. p. 220, pi. 45. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups between the choanse. Palatine 

 ridges more or less distinctly denticulated. Head large, bony, 

 rough ; nostril nearer the eye than the tip of the snout ; upper 

 eyelid slightly pointed, triangular ; interorbital space slightly con- 

 cave, broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum slightly distinct. 

 A bony dorsal shield. Fingers very short, first longer than second ; 

 toes very short, half webbed ; subarticular tubercles not much 

 developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle very large, shovel-shaped, 

 black- edged ; a slight tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercle does not reach the 

 eye. Skin tubercular above, granular beneath. Tellowish or 



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