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young of Bufo lentiginosus, as the superciliary ridges are not elevated, and 

 the slight elevation that does exist is between the nostrils and orbits; or the 

 young of the Bufo americanus, which is sometimes red, for this latter animal 

 does not inhabit the low country of South Carolina, nor has it the spade-like 

 process at the foot, as in that animal; nor, in fact, is it the young of any 

 animal, as might be inferred from its size, for I have seen the male and female 

 together, and have seen their spawn." 



In 1854 Charles Girard says little but it is direct. Under Bvfo lentiginosus 

 Holbrook he writes "Bufo erythronotus does not appear to us different from 

 B. lentiginosus, since color alone cannot be taken as an exclusive guide amongst 

 the bufonids." 



In December, 1855, John LeConte (1856, p. 430) under Bufo musicus 

 Daudin writes "This species like all its congeners varies very much in color 

 and in the form and disposition of the spots. This variation depends en- 

 tirely on the will of the animal. It is generally, however, of a very dark 

 dusky, sometimes light grey and even reddish. I cannot conceive how it has 

 ever received the name of lentiginosus, which as I have shown before under 

 Telmatohius is as unlike this animal as any species can be. The Rana len- 

 tiginosa of Shaw, of which he gives in his general Zoology a tolerably good 

 figure, although copied from Catesby, is perfectly smooth and more resembling 

 a frog than a toad, and therefore well called by him the land frog; whereas 

 the B. musicus is very rough and makes no approach to its form and habits. 

 It walks rather than hops. Bartram's red toad of Florida was a mere variation 

 of this species, the difference being nothing more than an accidental or 

 voluntary change of color." 



"Bufo erythronotus Holbrook, I.e. v. pi. 2. Not having been able for 

 years to obtain a living specimen of this animal, I shall say nothing more of it 

 than that it bears not the slightest resemblance to the Bufo lentiginosus 

 (B. musicus) as stated by Mr. Girard in Proceed. A. N. S., Vol. p. 86." 



General habits. In 191 2 we write "This very abundant form is well known 

 and no account of its general habits is needed. We found it on the outskirts 

 of the swamp in the cut-over sections and it was common on the various 

 islands of the swamp, especially in the Lee's cornfields." 



Shaw (1802, p. 173) speaks of its locomotion thus "Its motion also is not 

 that of crawling, but leaping." In general he says "These animals are said 

 to be most common in wet weather, but are very frequent on the higher 

 grounds, and appear in the hottest part of the day, as well as in the evening." 

 This is a paraphrase of Catesby. Harlan (1825, p. 345) holds it "Mostly 

 leaps, seldom crawls;" Holbrook (1842, Vol. V, p. 9) tells us "This animal 

 is timid and remarkably gentle in its habits, remaining concealed during the 

 day in some dark place, and only venturing out as the dusk of evening ap- 

 proaches." . . . "I have seen an individual kept for a long space of time, 

 which became perfectly tame: during the summer months he would retire to a 

 corner of the room, into a habitation he had prepared for himself, in a small 

 quantity of earth, placed there for his convenience. Towards evening he 



