128 BUFONIDA. 
Common Toad ; but on these subjects some additional im- 
formation is required. It is far more capable of sustaining 
drought than the common species, and is frequently found 
in dry situations, resorting to the water only for the pur- 
pose of breeding. Thus I have often found several of 
them lying under the shallow layer of turf covering the 
top of the wall of a ha-ha at Selborne, exposed to the 
powerful rays of the summer’s sun, in the hottest and 
driest situation in the garden; and this, in fact, appears 
to be their favourite resort. 
The general form of this animal is similar to that of the 
last-named species; it is, however, less tumid; the eyes 
are much more prominent,—and are, in fact, elevated above 
the upper surface of the head. The porous protuberances 
behind the head are also less developed; but the warts on 
the surface of the skin are even more prominent than in 
the True Toad. The hinder legs are scarcely so long as 
the body; the toes are less palmated than even in the 
Common Toad ;—a structure in accordance with its still 
more terrestrial habits; and the rudimentary sixth toe— 
a tubercle which has been so considered, which we find in 
the Common Toad—is here absent. The general colour 
is a light yellowish-brown, or olivaceous, clouded with a 
darker hue, and a distinct yellow or whitish line along the 
middle of the back. The warts, or glands, on the body, 
and the large glands behind the head of a reddish hue. 
The under parts yellowish, with black spots; the legs 
marked with black bands. 
Dimensions :-— 
In. Lines. 
Total length “* : - - ae 8 
Length of foreleg. . . : 1 3 
Length of hinder leg : : : <2 2 
