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HORNED TOAD. 



of the legs they are much smaller, and more closely 

 set. Seba's figure represents it as of very consi- 

 derable size, measuring six inches from the nose 

 to the end of the body. 



HORNED TOAD. 



Rana Corniita, R. cinereafuscofasciata, palpebris conicis. 

 Cinereous Toad, fasciated with brown, with conical eyelids. 

 Rana cornuta. li. palpebris conicis. Lin. Si/sf. Nat. p. 356. 

 Bufo cornutiis seu spinosus Virginianus. Seb. 1. p. 115. t. 72. 

 /. 1, 2, 



Among the whole tribe of Amphibia it is, per- 

 haps, difficult to find an animal of a more singular 

 appearance than the present, which may be re- 

 garded as of a more deformed and hideous aspect 

 than even the Pipa, or Toad of Surinam. This 

 arises not so much from the general shape of the 

 animal, as from the extraordinary structure of the 

 upper eyelids, which are so formed as to resemble 

 a pair of short, sharp-pointed horns ; while the 

 width of the mouth is such as to exceed that 

 of any other species, and even to equal half the 

 length of the body itself 



This wonderful animal, says Seba, is of a short 

 and thick form, and remarkable for having two 

 sharp horns on its head, within which are situated 

 the eyes. The skin of the body, both above and 

 below^ is of a cinereous yellow, striped with lines 

 of obscure greyish brown. Along the back runs 

 a broad white band, commencing at the. head, and 



