LIST OF COLOURED AND PHOTOGRAPHIC 

 ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE 



1. SLOW-WORM COMMON FROGS* - - frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



2. COMMON LIZARDS - - - - II 



3. FROG SPAWN DITTO THREE DAYS LATER - - 14 



4. GREEN LIZARDS* - - IJ 



5. SAND LIZARD SMOOTH SNAKE* - 24 



6. FROG SPAWN I FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS - 2J 



7. TADPOLES WITHOUT LEGS : TADPOLE WITH HIND- 



AND FORE-LEGS - - '3 



8. RINGED OR GRASS SNAKE* - - 33 



9. VIPER OR ADDER* - - 40 



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 



1 6. 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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