4. BI7E0. 297 



25. Bufo viridis. 



Bufo viridis, Qiinth. Cat. p. 58. 

 Bufo viridis, Laur, Syn. Hept. pp. 27 & 111, pi. 1; Daud. Rain. 



p. 79, pi. 28. f. 2, and Rept. viii. p. 156 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; 



Quicken, in Lefehore, Voy. Abyss, iv. Zool. p. 221 ; Strauch, M4m. 



Ac. St. Petersb. (7) iv. no. 7, p. 79; 8teindachn. Novara, Amph. 



p. 39 ; Stolicdia, Journ. As. Soc. 1870, p. 155 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, 



iii. p. 411 ; Koch, Ser. Sench. Ges, 1872, p. 170 ; Be Betta, Faun. 



Ital., Rett. Anf. p. 74 ; Lessona, Atti Ac. Line. Mem. CI. Sa.Jis. Sfc. 



i. p. 1085, pi. 4 ; Boukng. Proa. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 553, pi. 50. 



schreberianus, Laur. I. c. p. 27. 



Bana variabilia, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. vii. p. 1, pi. 6. f. 1 & 2. 



Bufo variabilis, Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 180 ; Fichw. Zool. Spec. Ross. 



Pol. p. 167 ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 138 ; Leydig, An. Batr. p. 29. 



arabicus, RUpp. Reise nordl. Afr., Rept. p. 20, pi. 6. f. 2. 



viridis, part., Fum. ^ Bibr. p. 681. 



calamita, Oimth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 426. 



p. 4i!(5. 



1879, p. 



boulengeri, Lataste, Rev. Int. So, 1879, p. 438. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, rather blunt ; inter- 

 orbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 about half the width of the eye. First finger extending a little 

 beyond second ; toes half or two-thirds webbed, with simple sub- 

 articular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal 

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

 tarso-metatarsal articulation marks generally the anterior corner of 

 the eye in males, the posterior corner in females. Upper parts with 

 irreg'ular, depressed, distinctly porous warts ; parotoids very variable 

 in shape and in size, generally moderately elongate and kidney- 

 shaped, sometimes enormous. Olive or greenish, spotted or marbled 

 above, seldom nearly immaculate ; beneath whitish, uniform or 

 blackish-spotted. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Europe ; Asia ; N. Africa. 



Prof. Bonelli [P.]. 



M. G. A. Boulenger [P.]. 



B. L. Hawkins, Esq. [P.]. 

 Mr. Miller [P.]. 

 Ch. Fellows. Esq. [P.]. 

 Bev. H. B. Tristram [0.1. 

 Rev. H. B. Tristram [0.]. 

 Dr. Anderson [P.]. 

 Dr. Anderson [P.]. 

 Capt. Chesney's Exped. 

 Capt. Burton [P.]. 



C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 

 C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 



W.T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



"W.T.Blauford,Esq. [P.]. 

 W.T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



