Class III. N A T T E R J A C K. J^ 



our conipnehenfion. Flofs^ folution of this phae- 

 nomenoii is far from fatisfaclory ^ yet as we have 

 the great Bacon*sf authority for the fad,'- we dp 

 not entirely deny our- aficnt to it. 



RanaRubeta? Lin. fyfl. -i^i^^. obtufo fubtus pandato. 5* Natter. 



Faun. Suec. No. "loi. Uid. J^^^- 



R. corpore verrueoib, ano 



THIS fpecies frequents dry and fandy places: 

 it is found on Putney Common.^ and ahb 

 near Rev£Jhy Abhy^ Lincolnjhire^ where it is called 

 the Natter Jack. It never leaps, neither does it 

 crawl with the flow pace of a toad, but its motion 

 is likcr to running. Several are found commonly 

 together, and, like others of the genus, they ap- 

 pear in the evenings. 



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

 low, clouded with brown, and covered with po- 

 rous pimples, of unequal fizes : on the back is a 

 yellow line. 



The upper fide of the body is of a paler hue, 

 marked with black fpots, 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 quar- 



* P. 249. 



t Nat. Hiji. Cent, vi. Exp, ^yo» 



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