302 BUi'ONrD^. 



33. Bufo compactilis. 



Bufo anomalus, Giinth. Cat. p. 67. 

 Bufo compactilis, Wiegm. Ms, 1833, p. 661 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 



1863, p. 89, & 1873, p. 624. 

 Anaxyrus melancliolicus, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p. 78, pi. 11. f. 5. 

 ? Bufo speciosus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, p. 86, and U.S. 



Mex. Bound. ISurv. ii. p. 26, pi. 40. f. 6-10. 

 Bufo levifrons, Bocourt, BuU. Soc. Philom. (7) i. p. 187. 

 Dromoplectrus anomalus, Camerano, Atti Ace. Tor. xiv. p. 882. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, blunt ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small [indistinct 

 in this specimen]. First finger extending beyond second ; toes half 

 webbed, with double subarticular tubercles ; two compressed meta- 

 tarsal tubercles, the inner very large, shovel-shaped as in PelobcUes ; 

 tarsal fold indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches hardly the eye. 

 Upper surfaces with small spiny warts ; parotoida moderate, subquad- 

 rangular, depressed. Olive above, with irregular blackish spots ; 

 beneath with a few small black spots. [Male with a subgular vocal 

 vesicle.] 



Texas ; Mexico ; Peru. 



a. Hgr. Mexico. (Type of Bufo anomalus.) 



34. Bufo simus. 



Bufo simus, Giinth. Cat. p. 139. 

 Bufo simus, Schmidt, Denkschr. Ac. Wien, 1858, p. 254, t. 3. f, 22. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short ; tympanum hidden. 

 First finger longer than second ; toes half webbed ; no tarsal fold. 

 Back with larger and smaller flat warts ; parotoids moderate, irre- 

 gularly rounded. Above grey or brown, beneath with blackish 

 irregular spots. 



Chiriqui Eiver. 



35. Bufo spinulosus. 



Bufo chilensis, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 66. 

 ? Bana thaul, Molina, Hist. Nat. Chili, p. 194. 

 Bufo thaul, Gam. SrZess. Voy. Coq. ii. pi. 7. f. 6. 

 spinulosus, Wiegm. Nov. Act. xvii. t. 22. f. 3 ; Tschudi, Batr. 



p. 88 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 80, & 1873, p. 623 ; Stein- 



diichn. Novara, Amph. p. 42. 

 chilensis, Tschudi, Batr. p. 88 ; Eydoux ^ Soul. Voy. Bonite, %. 9. 



f. 1, 2 ; Bell, Zool. Beetle, p. 49; Dmn. Sr Bihr. p. 678 ; Guiclien. in 



Gay, Hist. Chile, Herp. p. 125, pi. 5. f . 3; Uspada, Viaj. Pacif., Vert. 



p. 204. 



trifolium, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Heip. p. 72, pi. 11, f. 3. 



liiieo-maculatus, Guichen. I. c. p. 128, pi. 5. f. 5. 



rubro-punctatus, Guichen. I. c. pi. 5. f . 4 ; Steindaehn. I. c. 



lugubrosus, Girard, U.S. Fxpl.Kvped., Herp. p. 85, pi. 6. f. 10-15. 



