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stead, venticular tubercles ; male with a pouch under the throat, 
capable of being inflated. 
Hyla arborea — The Tree Frog. 
Plate LXXII. fig. 11. 
Body vivid yellow-green above, silvery white below, with a 
black and yellow stripe on each side of the body; abdomen 
granulated ; none of the feet webbed. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 3.—BUFO. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Head with a broad projection behind the 
ears; jaws without teeth; body thick, short, and broad, covered 
with waited papillae above, from which exudes a fetid fluid ; eyes 
large and projecting; fore feet with four free toes; hind feet 
short, with five toes, mostly palmated. 
Bufo calamita. — The Mephetic Toad. 
Plate LXXII. fig. 6. 
Olive-green above, with brown spots, reddish warts, and a line 
of sulphur-yellow down the middle of the back; pale-gray be¬ 
neath. Inhabits Europe. 
Bufo cornutus.— The Horned Toad. 
Plate LXXII. fig. 10. 
Head and jaws very large, with a conical auriform erect mem¬ 
brane above each eye; ash-yellow above, with a white longitu¬ 
dinal lanceolate band on the middle of the back, and beset with 
small pearl-like specks; several longitudinal black bands on the 
body, and the limbs transversely filleted with dusky-brown; 
under parts paler. Inhabits South America. 
Genus 4.—PIP A.— Laurenti. 
Generic Character. —Body considerably depressed; head large 
and triangular; destitute of a tongue ; tympanum concealed un¬ 
der the skin; eyes small, situated towards the margin of the 
upper jaw; toes of the fore feet with four free toes, and fur¬ 
nished with radiated somewhat obtuse points; largest of the 
male very long and triangular; hind feet with five toes webbed 
to the points, and furnished with nails. 
