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Show 236 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [Feb. 2, head usually dark brown; a dark, light-edged ocellus may be present on the lumbar region ; beneath uniform whitish, or greyish with yellow spots, or dark brown with yellow spots. Male without vocal sacs. From snout to vent 28 millim. Eight specimens : Bonthain Peak, 5000-6500 feet. Numerous specimens were also obtained on Bonthain Peak by Mr. Everett. Microhyla achatina, Boie, is recorded from Minahassa and Macassar by Meyer. The specimens will probably prove to belong to Sphenophryne celebensis or S. variabilis. 18. CALLULA BALEATA, S. Midi. Several specimens: Buol, Tomohon, Kema, and near Borau, coast of Luhu. Minahassa, Gorontalo (Meyer). Indrulaman, S. Celebes (Everett). The colour-variety celebensis, Gthr., has been raised to specific rank by Peters, and the present species therefore appears under two different names in Meyer's list. 19. CALLULA PULCHRA, Gray. Five specimens : Macassar. Macassar (Beccarl). 20. BUFO BIPORCATUS, Gravh. Four specimens: Kingdom of Luhu, Macassar, L. Towuti. Macassar (Meyer). 21. BUFO CELEBENSIS, Gthr. Skin of upper surface of head united wdth the cranial ossification ; canthus rostralis sharp, raised; interorbital space broad, deeply concave; a broad bony ridge between the eye and the parotoid; this ridge feebly prominent iu the young, very large, elevated, knob-like in the adult; tympanum more or less distinct, measuring two-fifths to three-fifths the diameter of the eye. Fingers obtuse, first extending beyond second; toes nearly half-webbed, with single subarticular tubercles; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye or the tip of the snout. Upper parts with more or less prominent, more or less conical warts, tipped with black horny spines ; parotoids very prominent, variable in shape, triangular, oval, or elliptical, continuous with or detached from the postorbital bony ridge. Olive, greyish, blackish, or crimson above, uniform or with indistinct darker spots ; greyish or pale olive beneath, uniform or marbled with dark brown. Male with an internal subgular vocal sac. From snout to vent 98 millim. Numerous specimens: Kema, Tomohon, Buol, Loka. Manado, Minahassa, Gorontalo, Boliohuto Mt., near Sumalatta, Macassar (Meyer). |