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OF THE SimilfAM WATER-TOAD. 



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specimens of it from his family estates in Surinam, and shortly 

 afterwards sent out there a drawing of the Pipa, to assist in its 

 identification. The first specimens received by Mr. Blaauw in 

 answer to his requisition turned out to be examples of the large 

 S. American toad Bufo marinus sive lujua (see Additions on the 

 19th of September, 1894, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 752). 



Upper view of Surinam Water-Toad, showing the traces of cells on the back. 

 (From a photograph taken Jan. 3, 1895.) 



On a second occasion Mr. Blaauw was more successful, and on 

 the 14th of November last handed over to me, as a present to the 

 Society, ten living specimens of the -veritable Surinam Toad — 

 Pipa surinamensis. 



The Pijxe on arrival v\ere placed in the large hot-water tank in 

 the right-hand corner of the Eeptile-house, until recently occupied 

 by the African Mud-fish, -nhere the water is kept at a temperature 

 of about 70° Fahr. I may here remark that this Batrachian, so 

 far as our experience goes, seems to be purely aquatic, and never 

 voluntarily emerges from the water. At the same time, when 

 caught and put upon the ground it is quite capable of hopping 

 about easily. 



