4. BTJFO. 313 



51. Bufo asper. 



Bufo asper, Ounth. Cat. p. 62. 

 Bufo asper, Gi-avenh. Delic. p. 58 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 88 ; Sclileg. 



Ahbild. p. 63, pi. 20. f. 1 ; Dum. 8f Bihr. p. 668 ; Giinth. Rept. 



Brit. hid. p. 423 ; Steindachn, Novara, Amph. p. 44. 

 Phrynoidis asper, Fitnng. Sygt. Amph. i. p. 32. 



A broad supraorbital and a thick orbito-tympanio bony ridge ; 

 snout sbort, obliquely truncate ; cantbus rostralis angular ; loreal 

 region vertical ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum distinct, one third the width of the eye. First finger 

 not extending beyond second ; toes entirely webbed, with simple 

 Bubarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal 

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

 tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout, or beyond. 

 Upper surfaces with very prominent, conical, spiny tubercles ; 

 parotoids very prominent, small, sub triangular. Uniform brown 

 above ; beneath immaculate or spotted. 



East-Indian Archipelago ; E. India. 



52. Bufo celebensis. 



Bufo celebensis, Gmit7i. Cat. p. 61. 

 Bufo celebensis, (Schleg.) Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 44. 

 Chilophryne celebensis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 357. 



A iDroad supraorbital and a thick, elevated, orbito-tympanic 

 bony ridge ; snout short, obliquely . truncate ; canthus rostralis 

 angular; loreal region vertical ; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid; tympanum moderately distinct, not quite half the 

 width of the eye. First finger extending beyond second ; toes not 

 quite half wehbed, with simple subartioular tubercles ; two moderate 

 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 surfaces with 

 conical, spiny warts ; parotoids very prominent, more or less elongate, 

 oval or suhtriangular. Brown above, with indistinct darker spots ; 

 beneath clouded with greyish brown. Male with a subgular vocal 

 sac. 



Celebes. 



a. ^. Celebes. 



6. 2 ■ Mount Boliohoeto, Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



N. Celebes. 

 c-d. $ . Manado. Dr. A. B. Bleyer [C.]. 



g_ ij . Macassar. Sir A. Smith [P.J. 



/. Hgr. India, 



