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General color (in alcohol) of upper surface of body light or dark 
gray or brown; dorsal papillae orange or yellowish, larger ones 
encircled by black; under surface of body and concealed portions of 
limbs light yellow; limbs barred obscurely with black. 
Stejneger (1890, p. 117) gives the following color description of 
a living specimen collected at the bottom of the Grand Canon, Arizona : 
Above ‘ ‘ malachite-green ’ ’ densely speckled with small dots of bright ver- 
milion; limbs paler, dotted with vermilion and also with minute black specks 
which likewise occur on the flanks;' region surrounding nostrils black; upper lips 
and whole under surface bluish-white, irregularly speckled with black; posterior 
part of belly and underside of thighs dark brownish flesh-color ; soles, dull orange. 
Measurements of Adult Specimens of Bufo punctatus from California 
M. V. Z. 
No. 
Sex 
Date 
H ead-and-body 
length 
Length of head 
Width of head 
Orbit 
Interorbital 
space 
Forearm 
Hand 
Femur 
Tibia 
Tarsus 
Whole foot 
1081 1 
$ 
May 
26, 1909 
51.4 
14.8 
19.2 
7.0 
4.2 
12.1 
12.6 
19.6 
19.4 
11.8 
29 
1082 1 
9 
May 
26, 1909 
52.0 
13.7 
20.4 
6.0 
5.0 
11.6 
12.4 
18.9 
18.1 
11.6 
30 
1086 1 
9 
May 
26, 1909 
52.0 
14.6 
20.2 
6.8 
4.6 
13.4 
12.2 
20.9 
18.9 
12.1 
30 
6351 2 
9 
Apr. 
7, 1917 
55.5 
16.2 
21.3 
7.3 
5.3 
14.0 
12.5 
21.7 
21.3 
12.6 
34 
6372 2 
9 
Apr. 
8, 1917 
57.0 
15.6 
23.0 
7.3 
5.6 
13.8 
12.8 
20.6 
20.6 
11.7 
31 
1088 1 
c? 
May 
26, 1909 
43.9 
12.4 
15.8 
5.6 
4.0 
11.9 
10.7 
18.9 
16.8 
9.6 
26 
1092 1 
cT 
May 
26, 1909 
44.8 
13.1 
17.5 
5.5 
4.5 
12.0 
11.4 
17.6 
17.5 
13.3 
26 
255 3 
cf 
June 
22, 1908 
44.6 
13.8 
18.8 
5.8 
4.0 
12.1 
9.6 
20.2 
21.7 
11.0 
28 
254 3 
o’ 
June 
22, 1908 
44.8 
14.0 
18.8 
6.4 
4.2 
12.5 
10.2 
19.0 
18.8 
11.0 
28 
253 3 
c? 
June 
22, 1908 
45.8 
13.7 
19.0 
6.0 
4.5 
12.8 
11.5 
18.8 
18.0 
10.8 
29 
1 Vallecito, San Diego Co. 
2 Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley, Inyo Co. 
3 Carrizo Creek Station, 3000 ft., Santa Rosa Mts. 
Description of larva (based on material listed by Camp [1916a, 
p. 512] as probably pertaining to this species). — Greatest length of 
head-and-body 10.6 mm. ; of tail 15.4 mm. ; length of head-and-body 
contained 1.4 times in length of tail; width of body in head-and-body 
length about 1.9; nares about equidistant from orbit and tip of 
snout; internarial width about 1.3 in interorbital width; interorbital 
distance 4 to 7 in head-and-body length; eyes about 30 per cent of 
head-and-body length from tip of snout ; spiraculum sinistral and 
lateral, aperture directed backward and slightly upward, center of 
aperture posterior to midpoint of head-and-body; anus median; tail 
moderate, height of muscular portion at base about 5 in length of tail. 
Labial teeth in § rows; first row complete, second divided, lower- 
most row shorter than two preceding ; labial papillae only at sides of 
mouth region (fig. JJ). 
