1896.] ON THE BREEDING OF THE SURINAM WATER-TOAD. 595 
4. Notes on the Breeding of the Surinam Water-Toad (Pipa 
americana) in the Society's Gardens. By A. D. 
Bartiett, Superintendent. 
[Received May 5, 1896.] 
In the early part of last year we were surprised to find one of the 
females of the Surinam Water-Toad in the warm tank at the 
Reptile House with her back covered with eggs, the uniform and 
agit: 
Surinam Water-Toads iz copuld. 
recular arrangement of which caused us a considerable amount of 
speculation as to how they had been placed there’. The old 
story of the female depositing her eggs on land and afterwards 
1 See Mr. Sclater’s remarks on this subject, P.Z.S. 1895, p. 86. 
