l60 BRASILIAN TOAD. 



Seba's figure, though not mentioned in the de- 

 scription accompanying it. This species, on ac- 

 count of the singular form of its head, is com- 

 monly called the Mitred Toad. 



BRASILIAN TOAD. 



Rana Brasiliana. R. rufa, maculis mmerosissimis fuscis undique 

 conspersa. 



Eufous Toad, marked on all parts with very numerous brown 

 spots. 



Bufo Brasiliensis, de Aguaquaquan dictus, orbiculatus. Seb. 1. 



p. 116. t. 73. Jig. 1,2. 

 Rana Brasiliensis. R. ex cinereojla'cescens, maculis ruhris undosis, 



subtus glabra. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1049. Laur. Amph. 



p. 26. 



This, which was first described by Seba, is con- 

 siderably larger than the common Toad, which, in 

 its general appearance, it much resembles, but the 

 head is much shorter in proportion. The colour 

 of the whole animal is rufous or yellowish-brown, 

 paler beneath, and uniformly marked on all parts, 

 both above and below, with very numerous, short, 

 transverse, and somewhat wavy red-brown stripes 

 or spots. The fore feet have only four toes, 

 which are slightly rounded and dilated at the 

 tips ; and the hind feet, which are pretty strongly 

 webbed, have five, which terminate in sharp points, 

 or weak claws. This animal, according to Seba, 

 is a native of the island of Cuba ; but, from the 

 name applied to it, both by Dr. Gmelin, in his 

 edition of the Systema Naturae, as well as by Seba 



