172 HEADLESS TOAD. 



the mouth is scarce apparent: the legs are very 

 short, and the thighs are, as .it were, , hn bedded or 

 inclosed in the wrinkled ; skin , of the/ sides. The 

 whole animal is smooth or; without tubercles < the 

 fore feet un webbed ; the^hinder very slightly [web- 

 bed. . The colour of the, w:hole is pale or whitish,- 

 spotted or marbled with -brown on the upper paiitf: 

 across each of " the upper - eyelids , runs > a- cur v;ed 

 whit Cj band or streak- uniting towards the;nosti;il.s,i 

 and upper lip : the eyes are of moderate size.- 

 This species was described from a . specimen in 

 ^ spirits from the East Indies. ^ ,i u 



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. HEADXESS TOAD. • * . 



Jpana Acep\iQla,,l ')R.'7corp()re :subgldboso^yus^^^ vario, capite 



indisfmcto/rktuangustissi?nodcorsumcurvatp.^ 

 ■ Brownish Toad,, marbled„with .white, ,with, indistihctHiefjadiattd 



, very small mouth, curving downwards. , , 



Rana acephala^ 5c7iwei(i. ^w/>/i. 146. 



This is extremely allied to the two former spe- 

 cies, and might even be mistaken for the Short- 

 headed Toad, but diiFers not onl}^ in colour, but 

 in the still less apparent distinction of the head, 

 which is so lost in the outline of the body as to 

 be perfectly blended : the mouth is also ,much 

 smaller than in either of the two preceding ani- 

 mals, and curves downwards at each; corner. The 

 colour of this species is brown,, variegated with 

 /white. The legs are short and weak, as in th^ 

 5t^vo former kinds. , 



