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REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS 



Great 

 Salamander 



tli(> creeks of western Pennsylvania. The group {)ictures tlieni at 

 lireeding time, and shows their characteristic stages and 

 liabits: thus one of tlie salamanders is pictured molting, 

 another, a male, is l)rootling a great mass of eggs; and the 

 group explains many details of their manner of living. 



This, the last and most l)eautiful of the series, depicts the spring life 



Toad of a little 



Group 



p o n (1 1 n 



A BIT OF THE TOAD GROUP 



southern N e w 

 England. In the 

 water may he seen 

 the egg masses aiid 

 tadpoles of various 

 toads and frogs, 

 while in antl about 

 the pool are the 

 young and full 

 gro\ni in character- 

 istic poses, includ- 

 ing some with air 

 sacs distended in 

 the act of "'singing.'" 

 Among these are 



, the spring 

 and the 



tree toad. 

 A bough of apple 

 blossoms overhangs 

 the water wliile all 

 around the spring 

 fl o w e r s are in 

 bloom. 



Lower Instrik- 



Califomiaiug con- 

 Lizards trast to 

 these water loving 

 aninuUs is a group 

 of rej)tiles from one 

 of the islands ofT 

 the coast of Lower 

 California that go 

 wi til out water 

 entirelv. 



the toad 

 p e e ]) e r 

 familiar 



