100 BUFO ERYTHRONOTUS. 



Habits. This animal is found in the deep oak forests in the neighbourhood of 

 Charleston, and is apparently rare, as in nine years I have not seen more than 

 half a dozen specimens, consequently nothing can be said of its habits. 



Geographical Distribution. As yet this animal has only been observed in 

 South Carolina. 



General Remarks. There is no doubt that this animal is an adult, though I 

 was at first disposed to consider it the young of the large toad of similar, colour 

 mentioned by Bartram in his Travels in Florida, which as yet I have never seen. 

 Subsequent observation has, however, convinced me to the contrary; for Bartram's 

 animal weighed nearly a pound, while no specimen of the Bufo erythronotus 

 exceeded one inch and a half in length; nor can it be the young of the Bufo 

 lentiginosus, as the superciliary ridges are not elevated; or the young of the Bufo 

 americanus, which is sometimes red, for this latter animal does not inhabit the 

 low country of South Carolina; nor in fact is it the young of any animal, as might 

 be inferred from its size, for I have seen the male and female together. 



