4. Birro. 301 



tte eye. Skin of upper surfaces neafly smooth. ; parotoids de- 

 pressed, very large, extending to the sacral region ; a fold across 

 the occipital region. Uniform olive above ; whitish beneath, imma- 

 culate. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 

 Baluchistan. 



a. tj . Dasht, Baluchistan. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



31. Bufo carens. 



Schismaderma carens, Ounth. Cat. p. 138. 

 Bufo carens, Smith, III. 8. Afr., Rept. pi. 68. f. 1 ; Boideng. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 567. 



vertehralis. Smith, I. c. f. 2. 



Schismaderma lateralis, Smith, I. c. App. p. 28. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, truncated ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, 

 circular, as large as the eye, close to the latter. First finger ex- 

 tending a little beyond second; toes half webbed; subarticular 

 tubercles simple ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal fold. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso- 

 metatarsal articulation reaches the eye in males, the t}Tnpanum in 

 females. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous 

 warts, forming a glandular lateral fold ; parotoids indistinct. Above 

 olive, darker spotted ; beneath whitish, blackish-spotted. Male with 

 a subgular vocal sac. 



S. Africa. 



a-c, dr-f. c? S . Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (As 



typical of B. carens.) 



g-m,. yg. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (As 



typical of B. vertebralis.) 



32. Bufo blanfordii. (Plate XIX. fig. 4.) 



Head rather large, without bony ridges ; snout short, rounded, 

 with indistinct canthus rostralis ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid, flat ; tympanum distiact, vertically oval, not quite half 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending very 

 slightly beyond second ; toes moderate, half webbed, with simple 

 subarticular tubercles ; two small metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal fold. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso- 

 metatarsal articulation reaches the centre of the eye in the female, 

 in front of the eye in the male. Skin covered with small warts ; 

 parotoids none. Olive above, indistinctly marbled with darker ; a 

 dark line from the tip of the snout, through the nostril to the eye ; 

 a few large spots on the sides of the head; beneath immaculate. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. From snout to vent 43 miUim. 



Abyssinia. 



a-b. 2 & tgr. Ain Samhar. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



c. c?. Sooroo. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



