COMMON TOAD. 



115 



cuticle ; the upper parts are of a dirty, lurid, or blackish 

 grey, Avith 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 lesf 



In. Lines. 



3 5 



3 7 



2 2 



1 2 



