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AMPHIBIA. 
LIST OF THE AMPHIBIA OF SOUTH DEVON. 
Lacerta agilis.— Nimble lizard. A common 
animal on heaths and commons, and occasionally 
even in gardens. 
Lacerta palustris.— Water newt. In ponds and 
marshes. 
Lacerta vulgaris.— Eft or “ Effet .” Common in 
heaps of stones in damp spots. 
Rana temporaria.— Frog. Not common ; in 
marshes. 
Rana esculenta.— Edible frog. Devon. (Turton 
and Kingston.) 
Rana bufo.— Toad. Abundant in damp spots, 
and in ponds. 
Anguis fragilis.— Slow-worm. Very common in 
dry fields, and under stones on heaths. 
Coluber natrix.— Snake or u Long-cripple.” 
Common in damp fields ; frequently has its hole by 
the side of a brook in woods. 
Coluber berus.— Viper or Adder. Not common; 
in dry hedges, &c. Specimens of a very dark colour 
or totally black have been seen. 
In 1756, two specimens of the Leathern tortoise 
were captured in Cornwall, and a Hawk’s bill 
tortoise was captured in the Severn in 1774; 
these were straggling visitants, influenced probably 
by unusually warm summers in these trips to un- 
genial quarters. 
