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fore legs one inch one sixth ; of the hind legs two 

 inches." 



In the above account no mention is made of 

 any particular odour diffused by the animal on 

 being disturbed ; so that it remains doubtful whe- 

 ther it be the same with the mephitic toad before 

 described, or not. 



GREEN TOAD. 



Rana Viridis. R. pallida, maculis suhviridihus mriata, verrucis 

 rubellis aspersa. 



Pale Toad, varied with greenish spots, and reddish tubercles. 



Rana variabilis. Jl. colorem varians, dorso et lateribm gibbis ver" 

 rucis in centra fulvescentibvs, dor si medii excilibus, in prominen" 

 tissima hypochondiorum parte majoribus. Lin. Syst, Nat. Gmel, 

 p.\05\. Pall. Spic. Zool.p. 1. f. 6./. 3, 4. 



Bufo Schreberianiis. Laurent. Jmph. p. 27. 



Bufo viridis. Schneider Hist. Amph. p. 200. 



The Green Toad is a native of Germany and 

 some other parts of Europe, and seems to have been 

 first described by Valisneri, and afterwards by Lau- 

 renti, who informs us that it inhabits the cavities 

 of walls about Vienna, and is distinguished by its 

 greenish and confluent spots on the upper parts, 

 disposed on a pale or whitish ground, and scat- 

 tered over with tubercles, pretty much in the 

 manner of the Calamita, or Mephitic Toad. Each 

 of the green spots or patches is also bounded by a 

 blackish margin, and the whole pattern has a 

 somewhat rudely geographical or map-like ap- 

 pearance: on the legs and thighs the spots are 



