COMMON TOAD. 



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BUFOKID.F.. 



Genus, Bufo. Toad. 



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

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



COMMON TOAD. 



PADDOCK. 



Bufo vulgaris. Laurent. 



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

 body much inflated. 



Bufo, R.AY, Syn. Quad. p. 252. 



Rana Bufo, Lixn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 354. 



Bifo terrestris, Rosel, Ran. t. xx. 

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

 p. 301. 

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



Common Toad, Shaw, Gen. Zool. IIL p. 138, t. xl. 

 Crapaud commun, Cuv. Reg. Anim. IL p. 109. 



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