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BUFONID.E. 



ANOURA. 



BUFONID^. 



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NATTER-JACK TOAD. 



Bufo calarnita. 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. L pt. iii. p. 1047. 



,, Rubeta, Turton, Brit. An. p. 80. 



Bufo Rubeta^ Flem. Brit. Anini. p. 159. 



,, terrestris f(£tidus, Rosel, Hist. Ran. p. 107, t. xxiv. 



,, Calamita, Laur. Amph. 27. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 302, 



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



Bufa inephitica, var 1 Shaw, Gen. Zool. p. 152. 



This species, altliougli found in considerable numbers in 

 certain localities, is far from beinff commonlv met with. 

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



