LIST OF COLOURED AND PHOTOGRAPHIC 

 ILLUSTRATIONS 



ILATE 



1. SLOW-WORM — COMMON FROGS* - - frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



2. COMMON LIZARDS - - - - - II 



3. FROG SPAWN DITTO THREE DAYS LATER - - 1 4 



4. GREEN LIZARDS* - - - - - 1 7 



5. SAND LIZARD SMOOTH SNAKE* - - " 2 4 



6. FROG SPAWN I FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS - " 2 7 

 J. TADPOLES WITHOUT LEGS : TADPOLE WITH HIND- 



AND FORE-LEGS - - - - "3° 



8. RINGED OR GRASS SNAKE* - - - "33 



9. VIPER OR ADDER* - - - - - 4O 



10. TADPOLES WITH HIND-LEGS- - - "51 



11. TADPOLE: TAIL BEING ABSORBED TOAD SPAWN - 54 



12. BRITISH NEWTS* - - - - "57 



13. WALL LIZARDS* - - - - - 64 



14. RADIOGRAPH OF TOAD - - - "73 



15. EDIBLE FROG - - - - - 80 



16. NATTERJACK TOAD — COMMON TOAD* - on the cover 



* These eight illustrations are in colour ; the remainder are in 

 black and white from photographs. 



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