138 COMMON TOAD. 



the Bi'itisli Museum, is a Frog which seems much 

 aUied to the above. Its size is that of a small or 

 half-grown common frog, and its colour a bright 

 green above, and pale or whitish-brown beneath ; 

 the sides of the body and insides of the limbs- 

 bright yellow, beautifully marked with pretty nu- 

 merous transverse, jet-black streaks and patches ; 

 each of the thighs having a pale line running 

 down the middle of the inner part : the fore feet 

 have four, and the hind five toes, all unwebbed, 

 and without claws, except the two exterior toes 

 of each hind foot, which are represented with 

 sharpish curved claws. 



TOADS. 



COMMON TOAD. 



Kana Bufo. R.fuscay tuherculis rufescentihus, subtus pallida. 

 Brown Toad, with rufous-brown tubercles ; pale beneath. 

 Rana corpore ventricoso verrucoso lurido fuscoque. Lin. Syst, 

 Nat. p. 354. 



Bufo terrestris, dorso tuherculis exasperato, oculis rubri^. Roes. 



Hist. Ran. p. 85. ^. 20. 

 Bufo s. Rubeta. Raj. Quadr. 252. 



Of all the European Toads this seems to be 

 the most universally known ; at least, in its com- 

 plete or perfect form. It is found in gardens, 

 woods, and fields, and frequently makes its way 

 into cellars, or any obscure recesses in which it 

 may occasionally conceal itself, and where it may 

 find a supply of food, or a security from too great 



