158 DOUBTFUL TOAD. 



distinct pores. The under parts of the body are 

 granulated, or beset with tubercles of a much 

 smaller kind : the outsides of the thighs are co- 

 vered with slightly muricated or pointed warts. 

 The feet are formed like those of the common 

 Toad : the fore feet being unwebbed, and consist- 

 ing of four toes, with pretty distinct claws or cal- 

 lous tips : the joints of the toes are also tubercu- 

 lated beneath ; and under the foot are two very 

 remarkable calli, or protuberances, as in those of 

 the R. mephitica : the hind feet are webbed towards 

 the base, in the same manner as in the common 

 Toad ; and may rather be said to have six than 

 five toes ; the exterior side of each being furnished 

 with a kind of spurious joint or blunt callous claw : 

 the under part of the hind feet is tuberculated be- 

 neath the joints, and scattered over with many 

 small granules. 



Whether this be the species intended by Lin- 

 naeus, under the name of Rana musica, may per- 

 haps be questioned. In the Systema Naturae he 

 refers to no author or figure, but informs us, that 

 the animal is a native of Surinam, and that it has 

 a musical voice. I am, therefore, strongly in- 

 clined to believe that his Rana musica is in reality 

 no other than the Merian Frog, which Seba de- 

 scribes as having a pleasing or musical voice, and 

 adds, that the inhabitants consider the sound as a 

 presage of fair weather. 



