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orbital, and an orbito-tympanic ; snout acuminate, prominent ; loreal 

 region very concave ; interorbital space much, broader than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about two thirds the width of 

 the eye. Pirst finger not extending beyond second ; toes half or 

 two-thirds webbed, with double subartioular tubercles ; two moderate 

 metatarsal tubercles j a short tarsal fold. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation 

 reaches between the shoulder and the tympanum. Upper surfaces 

 '. covered with small tubercles ; parotoids moderate, transverse, rather 

 indistinct. Brownish above, marbled with darker; sometimes a 

 light vertebral stripe ; beneath immaculate. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 

 W. Indies. 



' . & ve*, R. "DnmirKm. 



Sir A. Smith [P.]. 

 J. Heame,Esc[. [P.]. 



74. Bufo peltocephalus. 



Bufo peltocephalus, Oiinth. Cat. p. 67. 

 Bufo peltocephalus, (Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 89 ; Bihr. in Ramon de 



la Sagra, Sist. CMa, Bept. pi. 30 ; Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 712. 

 Peltophryne peltocephala, Fitzing. Syst. Bept. i. p. 32. 



Upper view of head. 



Derm of head involved in cranial ossification ; crown with pro- 

 minent ridges, viz. a canthal, a supraorbital, a postorbital, and an 

 orbito-tympanic ; canthal ridge not confluent with supraorbital, 

 ending in a knob ; supraorbital and postorbital ridges forming 

 a right angle ; snout short, blunt ; interorbital space much broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds or half 

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

 toes half webbed; subarticular tubercles double under the last 

 phalanges of fourth toe; two moderate metatarsal tubercles; a short 



