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BUFO ANGUSTICEPS. 
the hinder extremities connected at their base by a rudimentary web. The 
outermost and the third toes nearly of equal length, the fourth shorter 
than the third, and the fifth considerably shorter than the fourth ; the second 
nearly double the length of the first and third ; behind the base of the outer- 
most and innermost toes a moderately large warty protuberance, and the 
soles of the feet and the under surface of the toes thinly sprinkled with small 
tubercles. Nostrils small on the apex of the nose ; their opening directed for- 
wards. Eye-shields rather convex. Tympanum small, subcircular, and below 
the level of the angle of the eye ; parotid glands rather long, narrow, and 
rounded at each extremity. Eye-shields granular ; the rest of the head above 
smooth. Back, sides, and outer surface of hinder extremities thinly sprinkled 
with large oval or circular tubercles. The hinder part of the belly and the 
pubic region finely granular ; the remainder of the under parts perfectly 
smooth. Tongue above convex, nearly of equal width throughout, and 
anteriorly and posteriorly rounded, the hinder third free. Length from nose 
to anus, two inches. 
Inhabits the interior of Southern Africa. The specimens I possess were obtained among 
decaying leaves in districts coated with underwood. 
I am disposed to consider the individual described had reached maturity, as several speci- 
mens of the same size were procured at different seasons of the year in localities far apart. 
Others of a smaller size were also obtained. 
