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ANOURA. 



BUFONID^E. 



BUFONIDJE. 



NATTER-JACK TOAD. 



Bufo calamita. Laur. 



Specific cJiaracter. Light yellowish brown, clouded with dull olive ; a bright 

 yellow line along the middle of the back. 



Rana Bufo., var. . GMEL. Syst. Nat. Lin. I. pt. iii. p. 1047. 



Rubeta, TURTON, Brit. An. p. 80. 



Bufo Rubeta, FLEM. Brit. Anim. p. 159. 



terrestris fatidus, ROSEL, Hist. Ran. p. 107, t. xxiv. 



Calamity LAUR. Amph. 27. JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 302. 



Natter Jack, PENNANT, Brit. Zool. III. p. 19. 



Bufa mephitica, var? SHAW, Gen. Zool. p. 152. 



THIS species, although found in considerable numbers in 

 certain localities, is far from being commonly met with. 

 Pennant, who appears to have been the first to publish it 



