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o>MMON TOAD. 



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liUIOMDJE. 



Genus, Bufo. Toad. 



Generic character. — Body inflated ; skin warty ; parotids porous ; hind feet 

 of moderate length, toes not webbed ; jaws without teeth ; nose rounded. 



COMMON TOAD. 



PADDOCK. 



Bufo vulgaris. Laurent. 



Specific character. — Lurid brownish grey, with reddish brown tubercles ; body 

 much inflated. 



Bufo, 



Rana Bufo, 

 Bufo terrestris, 

 „ vulgaris, 



Toad, 

 Common Toad, 



Ray, Syn. Quad. p. 252. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 354. 



Rosel, Ran. t. xx. 



Laurent. Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 159. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. 



p. 301. 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. III. p. 14. 

 Shaw, Gen. Zool. 111. p. 138, t. xl. 



C'rapaud commun, Cuv. Reg. Anim. II. p. 109. 



Few animals have ever suffered more undeserved perse- 

 cution as the victims of an absurd and ignorant prejudice 

 than the Toad. Condemned by common consent as a 



disgusting, odious, and venomous reptile, the proverbial 



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