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BUFONID.E. 



ANOVRA. 



BUFONID^.. 



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NATTER-JACK TOAD. 



Bufo calamita. Laiir. 



Specific Character. — Light yellowish brown, clouded with dull olive ; a 

 bright yellow line along the middle of the back. 



Ua»a Bufo, var. /3, Gmel. Syst. Nat. Lin. L pt. iii. p. 1047. 



,, Rubeta, Tiirton, Brit. An. p. 80. 



Bufo Rubeta, Fi,EM. Brit. Anim. p. 159. 



,, terrestrh fivtidus, Rosel, Hist. Ran. p. 107, t. xxiv. 



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



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



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



This species, although found in considerable numbers in 

 certain localities, is far from being commonly met with. 

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



