1925] Storer: A Synopsis of the Amphibia of California 
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innermost stoutest, in order of decreasing length, 3, 4, 2, 1 ; body 
longer than broad, depressed ; hind limb more slender than fore limb ; 
half of femur free from body skin ; tibia shorter than femur ; tarsus 
about three-fifths length of tibia, and about one-third length of whole 
foot; two metatarsal tubercles, inner much better developed than 
outer; toes slender, small, in order of decreasing length, 4, 3, 5, 2, 1 ; 
web restricted, along sides of toes to ends but deeply notched. 
Tongue oblong, rounded at both ends, width less than half that 
of mouth at angle of jaws, attached broadly for anterior half to floor 
of mouth; internal nares rounded, far forward in roof of mouth. 
Surfaces generally smooth, warts low, flattened and rounded ; 
ventral surface irregularly areolate, rugose posteriorly, especially on 
ventral surface of femur ; palm with few low rounded tubercles of 
small size; sole smooth with sesamoid tubercles imperfectly indicated. 
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Fig. 00. Bufo canorus, female (no. 5744, M. Y. Z., type), natural size (after 
Camp, 1916c, p. 60). 
1. Top of head, showing width of parotoid glands and relatively narrow 
interspace and shape of snout. 
2. Lateral view of head, showing extent of parotoids and steep profile of 
snout. 
3. Eight front foot, plantar surface. 
4. Eight hind foot, plantar surface, showing slender outline and reduced 
webbing. 
Color of female: All dorsal and lateral surfaces thickly marked 
with irregular but sharply defined patches of black, rimmed with 
white ; dark patches reaching, but seldom crossing, midvertebral line ; 
large warts in centers of dark patches, each topped with brown ; 
ground color between dark patches, brownish white dorsally, clear 
white ventrally where marked with few scattered dark speckles. 
Color of male: Upper and lateral surfaces of body olive green, 
flecked evenly and thickly with minute spots of black, each narrowly 
and evenly outlined with white ; underparts dull white, with few spots, 
larger than those on back, of black. 
