THE NEWT AND ITS ALLIED 



erroneously regarded as a weather sign. The eggs are 



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laid in small bunches in shallow water. 



The Bufonidae include the common toads which occur 

 all over the world. Our Eastern toad 1 inhabits nearly all 

 the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. 2 It is 

 crepuscular in its habits, and feeds chiefly on insects and 

 worms. The eggs are deposited in two long, parallel 

 strings of albumen, which lie coiled at the bottoms of 



FIG. 250. Runa clanutano, green frog. Nat. size. Photo, of living animal 



by W. H. C. P. 



ponds, hatch out in May, and metamorphose about a 

 month later. 



The Ranidae are almost confined to the Northern Hemi- 

 sphere and the East Indies. In the northern United States 

 there are some eight species, of which the commonest are: 

 the leopard-frog, of green color, with irregular black 

 blotches edged with whitish ; the pickerel-frog, light 

 brown, with two rows of oblong square brown blotches 



JBufo Icntiyinosus. 



- Fig. 249. 



