BUFO BOREALIS

BUFO BOREALIS [12-16 / 30º-75º] is one of the constellations in the "One Size Fits All" (1975) "universe"; it has the following stars: "Forsoothe", "Boffo", "Formaldehyde", "Bufo speciosus", "Katy, Texas", and "Bolivar".

Bufo Borealis is the scientific name for the "Western toad", a.k.a. "boreal toad", a common resident of the Pacific Northwest.

Bufo Borealis is a reference to Corona Borealis, which is visible in the Northern Hemisphere in the spring and summer. Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown belonged to Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos of Crete; her ball of thread helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur, and he gave her the crown when they married. She was abandoned on the Greek island of Naxos by Theseus. She married Liber Bacchus, the crown was placed in the stars by Venus.