SECTION V. 



THE CLASS OF BATRACHIA OR BATRACHIAXS. 



SUB-SECTION I. 



THE BATRACHIA CONSIDERED AS A CLASS. 



THE Batrachia, often called Amphibia, are cold-blooded 

 oviparous reptiles which, with few exceptions, are desti- 

 tute of scales, and which, in most cases, lay their eggs in 



FIG. 266. 



Various phases in the life of a Batrachian, from the egg to the adult state- 

 Triton or Newt. 



the water, or iu damp places, and whose young hatch in 

 a verv immature condition, and pass through a series of 



