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 outermost
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 forwards.
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 specimens
of the same size were procured at different seasons of the year in localities far apart.
Others of a smaller size were also obtained.
BUFO GARIEPENSISsE-Smith.
Reptilia.—P late LXIX. F ig. 2 & 2 a.
B. superne viridi-flavus, maculis nigro-brnnneis variegatus; infra antice, subflavus, abdominis parte
posteriori regioneque pubiea brunneo-rubris; tympano subcirculari parvo; glaudulis pariotideis
subcircularibus; dorso tuberculis magnis sparso; partibus inferioribus antice lsevibus, postice granu-
losis, abdomine parce maculis parvis subnigris notato.
Longitudo e nasi apice ad anum 1 unc. 4 lin.
Colour__The upper and lateral parts of the head, the back, the sides of
the neck, the sides of the body superiorly, and the outer surface of the extremities
greenish yellow, clouded with pale reddish orange; the upper surface
of the head and the back variegated with moderately large, irregular shaped,
liver-brown spots, and the extremities with narrow transverse bars of the same
colour. The spots on the head are small, with the exception of four, one
immediately behind each nostril, and one traversely on each eye-shield. The
upper lip is crossed by three liver-brown bands, the hindermost close to the
angle of the mouth; the sides of the neck and parotid glands freckled with
small, similar coloured spots. The under surface of the lower jaw, the breast,
and the greater part of the belly, straw-yellow, the breast and anterior
part rather sparingly freckled with minute blackish-green spots, the posterior
part of the belly and the pubic region intermediate between buff orange and
brownish red, the tint pale. Eyes deep blackish green, the pupil surrounded
by a narrow brassy green ring.
F orm, &c.— Figure rather full; head short, conical, and anterior to eyes
narrow; nose rounded, the nostrils at its apex, openings directed outwards
and forwards ; middle of head, between eyes, concave ; eye-shields prominent
and arched; eyes rather large, gape wide; tympanum small, circular, and
placed a little behind and below the outer canthus of the eye. Parotid glands
subcircular, and in proportion large ; surface porous. The anterior extremities
slender, the toe next to the outermost rather the longest; the other two