GRANULATED TOAD. I6l 



himself, we may conclude that it is chiefly found 

 in South America. Mons. Cepede informs us, that 

 in the Royal Cabinet at Paris there is a specimen 

 of this frog which measures above seven inches 

 from the nose to the extremity of the body. 



GRANULATED TOAD. 



Rana Ventricosa. li. granulat a pallida j ventre dilatato, laterihus 

 fusco maculatis. 



Pale-brown granulated Toad, with dilated abdomen marked on 



the sides with blackish spots. 

 Rana Brasiliensis orbicularis, Pipee species. Seb. 1. p. I17. 



^.74./.l. 



Rana ventricosa. K. ore semiovatOjjngulo prominulo, Lin.Syst. 

 Nat. p. 355. -.^ 



This species is also described and figured by 

 Seba, who tells us that it is a native of Brasil, and 

 is allied to the Pipa, or Surinam Toad. The head 

 is large, as are also the eyes : the gape wide : the 

 body somewhat depressed; the abdomen very 

 broad; the limbs rather short than long; the 

 fore feet tetrad actylous ; the hind feet pentadac- 

 tylous and webbed. The colour of the upper 

 parts is a pale yellowish or rufous brown ; the un- 

 der parts paler or whitish, and the sides marked by 

 a longitudinal band of smallish irregular black or 

 dusky spots. The upper surface, both of body 

 and limbs, is also covered with somewhat dis- 

 tinctly placed granules or tubercles of different 

 sizes ; those on the neck, shoulders, and thighs, 

 being larger than the rest; while on the last joints 



V. III. p. I. 11 



