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ANOURA. 



BUFONIDJE. 



BUFONTD.E. 



,"1111 



NATTER-JACK TOAD. 



Bufo calamita. Laur. 



Specific character.— Light yellowish brown, clouded with dull olive ; a bright 

 yellow line along the middle of the back. 



Rana Bufo, var. 3. Gmel. Syst. Nat. Lin. I. pt. iii. p. 1047. 



„ Rubeta, Turton, Brit. An. p. 80. 



Bufo Rubeta, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 159. 



„ terrestris fcetidus, Rosel, Hist. Ran. p. 107, t. xxiv. 



„ Calamita, Laur. Amph. 27. Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 302. 



Natter Jack, Pennant, Brit. Zool. III. p. 19. 



Bufa meplntica, var? Shaw, Gen. Zool. p. 152. 



This species, although found in considerable numbers in 

 certain localities, is far from being commonly met with. 

 Pennant, who appears to have been the first to publish it 



