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236 AMPHIBIA. 
LIST OF THE AMPHIBIA OF SOUTH DEVON. 
Lacerta agilis—Nimble lizard. A common 
animal on heaths and commons, and occasionally 
even in gardens. 
Lacerta palustris.— Water newt. In ponds and 
marshes. 
Lacerta vulgaris.—E/t or “ Effet.”. Common in 
heaps of stones in damp spots. 
Rana temporaria.—frog. Not common; in 
marshes. 
Rana esculenta.—Edible frog. Devon. (Turton 
and Kingston.) 
Rana bufo.—Toad. Abundant in damp a 
and in ponds. 
Anguis fragilis.—Slow-worm. Very common in 
dry fields, and under stones on heaths. 
Coluber natrix.— Snake or “ Long-cripple.” 
Common in damp fields ; frequently has its hole by 
the side of a brook in woods. 
Coluber berus.— Viper or Adder. Not common ; 
in dry hedges, &c. Specimens of a very dark colour 
or totally black have been seen. 
In 1756, two specimens of the Leathern tortoise 
were captured in Cornwall, and a Hawk's bill 
tortoise was captured in the Severn in 1774; 
these were straggling visitants, influenced probably 
by unusually warm summers in these trips to un- 
genial quarters. 
