18 



TOAD. 



Class III. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Is double the size of the common frog ; the 

 body square; the belly great; the legs short; 

 has four toes on the fore-feet, four and a thumb 

 to the hind; the second outmost toe the longest. 

 The color above, is a dirty olive, marked with 

 great warty spots; the head alone plain; the 

 color beneath whitish. It leaps slowly. 



4. Toad. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



<±>f vvos- Arist. Hist. an. lib. ix. 



c. I. 40. 

 Bufo. Virg. Georg. I. 184. 

 Rubeta. Pirn, lib. VIII. c. 



31. 

 Rubeta sc. Phrynum. Gesner 



pise. 807- Rondel. 222. 

 Bufo sive Rubeta. Raii syn. 



quad. 252. 

 Bufo terrestris. Rcesel. Hist. 



ran. 85. t. 20. 

 Bufo vulgaris. Law. Amphib. 



28. 



Bufo rubetarum. Klein quad. 



122. 

 Rana Bufo. R. corpore ventri- 



coso verrucoso lurido fus- 



coque. Lin. syst. 354. Got. 



Lin. 1047. 

 Padda, Tassa. Faun. Suec. 



No. 275. 

 Gronov. Zooph. No. 64. 

 Le Crapaud commun. De la 



Cepede. Hist, des Ovip. i. 



568. 



JL HE most deformed and hideous of all ani- 

 mals ; the body broad, the back flat, and cover- 

 ed with a pimply dusky hide ; the belly large, 

 swagging, and swelling out; the legs short; 

 its pace labored and crawling : its retreat gloomy 

 and filthy : in short, its general appearance is 

 such as to strike with disgust and horror; 

 yet Ave have been told by those who have reso- 



