THE 



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TOAD of SURINAM, 



Generic Character. 



Body four-footed, naked, without tail. 



Lin. Syft. Nat, 



Specific Character, &c. 



FROG with the toes of the fore-feet quadrifid 

 at their extremities ; the hind-feet webbed 

 and clawed. 



Seba. vol. l. t. 77. 

 Mer. Sur. t. 59. 



The fpawn of the common frog is depofued in large 

 heaps or clutters by the females in ilagnant {hallow 

 waters and ditches in the early part of the.ipring ; it 

 confifts of a congeries of black globular points, fur- 

 rounded with a confiderable depth of gelatinous fub~ 

 llance. The black points are no other than the real 

 embryos of the future frogs ; in a few days they en- 

 large, change to a fomewhat lighter colour, and break 

 through the furrounding gluten, and fwim in the wa- 

 ter 



