THE COMMOX TOAD. 



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these last are very slightly webbed. The eye has a transverse pupil, and the colour of the body is a 

 brownish-grey, dirty, or lurid. The tubercles are more or less brown, and beneath the creature is 

 dirty yellowish- white, sometimes spotted with black. 



The Toad sits up very much after the fashion of a Frog, but is quite as frequently seen with its 



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head nearer the ground. It does not take great leaps, for they are impossible to its short limbs and 

 extremities, so it walks in a crawling sort of manner, often keeping its body supported on its limbs 

 during a pretty brisk movement. It has no internal vocal pouch, and the tympanum is more or less 

 distinct. It is a terrestrial creature, and hides up during the day in dark and damp situations, is 

 very tenacious of life, and when it is stopped and handled, swells out its body, and some secretion 

 comes from its glands, as well as water from the internal sac already noticed. By no means shy when 

 kindly treated and fed, the Toad will become familiar in time. It is very curious to see them feed 



