COMMON TOAD. Ue 
ANOURA. BUFONID. 
Genus, Bufo. Toad. 
Generic character.—Body inflated ; skin warty; parotids porous; hind feet 
of moderate length, toes not webbed ; jaws without teeth ; nose rounded. 
COMMON TOAD. 
PADDOCK. 
Bufo vulgaris. Laurent. 
Specific character.—Lurid brownish grey, with reddish brown tubercles; body 
much inflated. 
Bufo, Ray, Syn. Quad. p. 252. 
Rana Bufo, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 354. 
Bufo terrestris, Rose, Ran. t. xx. 
» vulgaris, LAURENT. Fem. Brit. Anim. p. 159. Jznyws, Brit. Vert. 
p- 301. 
Toad, PENNANT, Brit. Zool. III. p. 14. 
Common Toad, Suaw, Gen. Zool. 111. p. 138, t. xl. 
Crapaud commun, Cuv. Reg. Anira. II. p. 109. 
Few animals have ever suffered more undeserved perse- 
cution as the victims of an absurd and ignorant prejudice 
than the Toad. Condemned by common consent as a 
disgusting, odious, and venomous reptile, the proverbial 
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