400 CLASS REPTILIA. 



The tubercles of the back are not numerous, and 

 are about as big as len tiles. The belly smooth ; the 

 hind feet with elongated toes and entirely palmated. 

 It leaps pretty well, remains, by preference, in the 

 neighbourhood of waters, exhales an odour of 

 garlick when disturbed. Its eggs issue from the 

 body in a single cord, but thicker than those of the 

 common toad. Its tadpole is later than the others 

 of this country in passing to the perfect state, 

 and is still very large before it parts with its tail 

 and the front feet have appeared. It even appears 

 to be smaller when it loses altogether its envelope 

 of tadpole. In some places it is eaten as if it were 

 a fish. 



The Variable Toad, {liana Variabilis^ Gm. Ball. 

 Spic. VII. vi. 34. Daud. xxviii. 2.) 



Almost smooth ; whitish, with strong contrasting 

 spots of deep green ; remarkable for the changes ot 

 shade in its skin, according to whether it is asleep 

 or awake, in the shade or in the sun. It is more 

 common in the South of France than in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Paris. 



Obstetric Toad, {Bufo Obstetric ans, Laur. Daud. 

 pi. xxxii. f. 1.) 



Small, grey above, whitish underneath, blackish 

 points on the back, whitish ones on the sides. The 

 male assists the female in getting rid of her eggs, 

 which are pretty large, and attaches them in packets 



