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DESCRIPTION AND HABIT 
crawl only where leaping - is > aagaameabs Tho their 
warty and hideous a appearance generally excites disgust, ftom 
the idea of their being poisonous, yet they are —— inno- 
cent, and in some countries are used for food. (Daup 
They live to a very great age, and have been feces : yi 
quent the same place for nearly forty years. Most authors 
agree that credit is to be given to the accounts of their bei 
found inclosed in wood, mortar, and even rocks. 
ARKABLE 
na Marina. Gmel. Fig. Daddin 31. This is the largest 
ane species. Length 8-10 inches without the legs. 
Rana Cornuta. Horned Frog.* 
_. Head and throat very large, =p 3 ates onical tubercle 
over each eye. Daud. 38. Seba 1. ‘fear toad is ofa 
hideous and deformed aspect. The cae opens to half the 
length of the body. The body is covered with sharp spines, 
and striped and speckled, with yellow, gray, brown, and 
arly 
eo oti Margaritwfera. This toad has, behind each eye. 
a crest Ane # stiff, curved and elevated. 
Daud. 71. Bs she 
Remark. “The generic name of all the preceding should 
be changed ¢ to Bufo ; they would then stand correctly thus, 
tu 
Bufo oo saraliecs etc. 
2 GENUS.—PIPA.+ SURINAM ToAD- 
Baa of the female, with cells on the back. 
Legs four, of a moderate length. 
Toes, four before, and each subdivided into four small parts. 
, broa = webbed or palmate. 
* The rept fern country, called Horned Frog, is a Saurian, 
described by D r. Harlan meder the genus Agama. 
+ From pipare to cluck as . 
