COMMON TOAD. 



115 



cuticle ; tlic upper parts are of a dirty, lurid, or blackisli 

 grey, -with sometimes a slight greenish tinge ; tubercles more 

 or less brown ; beneath dirty yellowish white, sometimes 

 spotted with black. 



Dimensions of a large specimen : — 



Total length 

 Hinder leg 

 Fore leg 



In. Lines. 



3 5 



3 7 



2 2 



I 2 



