THE COMMON TOAD. 



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the tongue entire, not notched ; over each eye a 

 slight porous protuberance, a larger one on each 

 side behind the ears ; on the fore feet the third 

 toe is the longest; the first and second are equal, 

 and longer than the fourth ; the hind legs scarcely 

 longer than the body, with five toes, and the 

 rudiment of a sixth, webbed for half their length ; 

 the fourth much the longest ; the third a little 

 longer than the fifth ; the skin both above and 

 below is covered with warts and pimples of 

 various sizes ; these are largest on the back, but 

 more crowded on the belly. 



Length of the body about three and a half 

 inches. Often larger in some parts of Europe. 



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