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BUFONELLA CRUCIFERA, Grd. 



Car. spec. — Colore supra fusco, flavis jmnctis consperso. Yitta flava 

 dorsuali,^ in dimidio corporis posteriore. Griice flavea in summo 

 capite ; macida flava in bracino prope axillam. Infra fusco-nigre-^ 

 scente, cum maculls flaveis, Dlgitorum extronitatibus flavis. 



Spec. Char. — Deep-brown above, dotted with yellow. A dorsal, 

 yellow vitta on the posterior half of the body. A yellow cross on 

 the top of the head ; a yellow spot upon the forearm near the 

 axilla. Beneath, blackish-brown, with yellowish maculae. Tips 

 of fingers and toes yellow. 



SYN.—Bn/onella cruci/era, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. VI, 1853, 424. 



Descr. — The head forms a little less than the third of the entire 

 length, the limbs excluded. Viewed from above, it is regularly ovoid, 

 the snout being rounded and declivous anteriorly and sideways. It is 

 depressed, a little broader than long, and concave upon its upper sur- 

 face, between and posteriorly to the eyes. In advance of the eyes it is 

 flattened, seems gradually rising to the nostrils, while the declivity of 

 the snout towards the margin of the jaw is quite conspicuous. The 

 nostrils are small and pyriform, situated towards the upper surface, 

 near the declivity of the snout and somewhat nearer the margin of 

 the upper jaw than the anterior rim of the eyes. The latter are of 

 medium size, subelliptical in shape, their diameter being equal to the 

 distance between them and the extremity of the snout. The upper 

 lid is quite developed, externally horny and thin, projecting consider- 

 ably in the middle. The interocular space is equal to the longitu- 

 dinal diameter of the eye. The tympanum is proportionally large, 

 assuming an irregular subtriangular shape. It is situated close to the 

 eye and immediately above the angle of the mouth. Though quite 

 distinct it is not conspicuous, owing to the looseness of the skin. The 

 mouth is moderately cleft. The tongue is elongated, club-shaped, 

 broadest posteriorly, slightly emarginated, and free for about one-third 

 of its length. The inner nostrils are small and circular, situated quite 

 anteriorly towards the margin of the roof of the palate. The open- 

 ings of the Eustachian tubes are smaller than the inner nostrils. 



