330 THE VIVARIUM, 
be kept in the same Vivarium as the Natterjack and other Toads 
of like size and habits. 
The Moorish Toad (Bufo mauritanicus) is a large Batrachian. 
It has a concave space between the eyes, the first finger much 
longer than the second, and a very distinct tympanum. It is 
marked on the back with brown or olive spots, having darker 
edges. The lower parts are yellowish-white. The male has a 
subgular vocal sac. This Toad is a native of North-West Africa. 
Besides insects and the like, it will eat white mice and small rats. 
It should not be kept with other Batrachians much smaller than 
itself. 
The Square-marked Toad (Bufo regularis) is also a_ large 
Batrachian, measuring sometimes as much as 53in. or 6in. from | 
snout to vent. It readily adapts itself to the circumstances of 
confinement, and may be fed and kept in the same way as has 
been suggested for the Moorish Toad. JB. regularis is a native of 
Africa and Arabia. The snout of this Batrachian is short and 
rather blunt. Its tympanum is as large as the eye, or nearly so, 
and very distinct. Its first finger is much longer than the 
second, and its toes are webbed for one-third of their length, 
There is a fold on the ankle. On the upper parts of this creature’s 
body there are large and flattish warts, which sometimes bear a 
kind of spine. The colour is darkish olive, either uniform or 
spotted: the lower parts are sometimes covered with large 
blotches. The male of B. regularis has a subgular vocal sac. 
The Common Toad (Bufo vulgaris, Fig. 83). “‘Oh, you toad! 
what are you a doin’ of?” exclaimed an ostler, with a certain 
amount of temper, one day, as he was getting my cob ready for 
me. And when asked why he had called the mare a ‘‘ Toad,” re- 
plied that “‘she had got the bit out of her mouth.” It was 
through the man’s own carelessness that he buckled the bridle 
leaving the bit under the animal’s chin; and he blamed her un- 
justly, calling her, in his annoyance, one of the worst names he 
could think ct—a “‘ Toad.”” But why should he, and many others 
also, use the word “ Toad” as a term of reproach and contempt ? 
The Toad ought rather to excite one’s admiration because of its 
usefulness, because of its equanimity of temper, and because of 
its retiring disposition. 
