24 NATTER JACK TOAD. Class III. 



5. Nattkr Rana Rubeta? R. corpore ver- Bufo calamita. Laur. Amphib. 

 rucoso, ano obtuso subtus 27. 



punctate Lin. Syst. 355. Mephitic Toad. Shaw. Gen. 

 Gm. Lin. 104/- Zool. hi. 14g. tab. 43. 



Bufo terrestris foetidus. Rcesel. 

 Hist. ran. 107. tab. 24. 



Jl HIS species frequents dry and sandy places : 

 it is found on Putney Common, and also near 

 Revesby Abby, Lincolnshire, where it is called 

 the Natter Jack. It never leaps, neither does 

 it crawl with the slow pace of a toad, but its 

 motion is more like running. Several are found 

 commonly together, and, like others of the ge- 

 nus, they appear in the evenings. Its deep and 

 hollow voice is heard to a great distance. 

 Descrip- The upper part of the body is of a dirty yel- 

 low, clouded with brown, and covered with po- 

 rous pimples, of unequal sizes ; on the back is a 

 yellow line ; the upper side of the body is of 

 a paler hue, marked with black spots, which 

 are rather rough; on the fore feet are four 

 divided toes ; on the hind five, a little webbed. 

 The length of the body is two inches and a 

 quarter; the breadth, one and a quarter; the 

 length of the fore legs one inch one-sixth ; of 

 the hind legs, two inches. 



We are indebted to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, 

 for this account. 



TION. 



