4. BTJFo. 289 



a-b, c,d. 2 & hgr. Ceylon. I ti„^„„ 



e. Hgr. Ceylon. Sir A. Smith [P.]. f -^yP^^" 



/. $ . Ceylon. B. H. Barnes, Esq. 



g. Hgr. Ceylon. Col. Beddome [0.]. 



h. cJ . Ceylon. G. H. K. Tliwaites, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of Bufo kandianus.) 



i. Yg. Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.J. 



7. Bufo hololius. 

 Bufo hololius, Gunfh. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 569, pi. 64. f. A. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, prominent ; interorbital 

 space as broad as the upper eyelid '; tympanum very distinct, nearly 

 as large as the eye, close to it. Eingers short, first extending a 

 little beyond second ; toes short, webbed at the base only ; sub- 

 articular tubercles simple, not very prominent; two small meta- 

 tarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches 

 the eye. Skin smooth, the back with very flat, smooth, distinctly 

 porous glandular patches ; parotoid flat. Olive above, marbled with 

 brown ; beneath immaculate. 



Malabar. 



a. 2- Malabar. Col. Beddome [0.]. (Type.) 



8. Bufo beddomii. (Plate XIX. fig. 1.) 



Bufo beddomii, Gu)ith. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 569. 



travancoricus, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 685. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, projecting, with angular 

 canthus rostralis ; interorbital space a little broader than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum very small, sometimes indistinct. Pirst finger 

 not extending beyond second ; toes nearly entirely webbed, with 

 simple subarticular tubercles ; two small metatarsal tubercles ; no 

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

 the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the 

 tip of the snout. Upper parts covered with rough tubercles ; paro- 

 toids ovate, about twice as long as broad, rather indistinct. Dark 

 brown above, with indistinct black spots ; limbs beautifully, marbled 

 with carmine ; lower surfaces marbled with brown. 



Malabar; Travancore. 



a. $ . Malabar. Col. Beddome 



b. 2- Malabar. Col. Beddome 



c. 2- Chokam Patty hills, 4000 ft. Col. Beddome 



(Type.) 



.(As 

 typical of JBufo travancoricus.) 



9. Bufo debilis. 



Bufo debilia, Oirard, P-oe. Ac. Philad. 1854, p. 87. 



insidior, Oirard, I. c. p. 88, and U.S. Mex. Bound. Surv. ii. 



p. 26, pi. 41. f. 13-18. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout more or less protruding ; 



