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Show 1880.] PALAEARCTIC AND ^ETHIOPIAN TOADS. 547 3. Parotoids black-edged ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid 8. B. vulgaris. Parotoids not black-edged; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid 4. 4. A parotoid-like gland on the upper side of tbe calf; belly entirely granulate 1. B. calamita. No large gland on the calf; belly almost entirely smooth 6. B. angusticeps. 5. First finger not extending beyond second 6. First finger extending beyond second 7. 6. A parotoid-like gland on the upperside of the calf; belly entirely granulate 2. B.raddei, No large gland on the calf; belly almost entirely smooth 6. B. angusticeps. 7. Parotoids flat, indistinct 7. B.carens. Parotoids distinct 8. 8- A cutaneous tarsal fold 9. No tarsal fold 10. 9. Tympanum not more than half the size of the eye ; first finger not much longer than second 3. B. viridis. Tympanum nearly as large as the eye ; first finger much longer than second 5. B. regularis. 10. Tympanum distinct 9. B. tuberosus. Tympanum hidden 10. B. taitanus. 1. BUFO CALAMITA, Laurenti. Bufo terrestris fetidus, Rosel, Hist. Ran. p. 107, pl. 24 (1758). Bufo calamita, Laurenti, Syn. Rept. p. 27, pl. i. f- 1 (1768); Daud'in, Hist. Rain. Gren. Crap. p. 77, pl. 28. f. 1 (1802) ; Daudin, Hist. Rept. viii. p. 153 (1803); Bonaparte, Faun. Ital. (1832); Bell, Brit. Rept. p. 116 (1839) ; Giinther, Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 57 (1858); Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 402(1872); Schreiber, Herp. Eur. p. 141 (1875) ; De Betta, Faun. Ital. Rett. Anf. p. 75 (1875) ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 291 (1876) ; Leydig, An. Batr. p. 36(1877). Bufo cruciatus, Schneider, Hist. A m p h . f. i. p. 193 (1799). Bufo cursor, Daudin, Hist. Rept. viii. p. 164 (1803). Bufo viridis, part., Dumeril & Bibron, Erp. Gen. viii. p. 681 (1841). Characters.-Crown of the head without bony ridges. Snout short, blunt. Interorbital space narrow. Tympanum small, round, rather indistinct. Parotoids small, oval, or subtriangular, depressed. Fingers short, with two-rowed subarticular tubercles; first not extending beyond second. Hind limbs short; a parotoid-like gland on the calf; a cutaneous fold along the inner edge of the tarsus ; toes short, webbed at the base, with the subarticular tubercles in two rows. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, distinctly porous warts. Olive-marbled or spotted above, generally a yellow vertebral line; beneath whitish, more or less black-spotted. Male with a much developed subgular vocal sac. |