THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
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The Pouch Frog ( Monotrima marsupiatum ) is a small species found in 
Mexico and South America. It is generally of a green color, flecked with 
black. Its chief peculiarity con¬ 
sists in the female being provided 
with a pouch in which she car¬ 
ries her eggs, very much after the 
manner of marsupials carrying 
their young, except that the pouch 
is located on the frog’s back. 
When fully dilated with eggs the 
sack covers the entire back and 
gives to the creature a balloon¬ 
like appearance, quite comical to 
behold. 
The Rope, or Painted Frog 
(.Rana temporaria) , is a pretty banded toad. 
creature found throughout the Le¬ 
vant and along the Nile. It derives its name from the beautiful striping of its 
body and bands of rich brown on its legs. It is pe¬ 
culiar in being at home in either fresh or salt water. 
The coloring is generally olive green, spotted with 
white, and longitudinal streaks of gray. Sometimes 
the skin is smooth and velvety, and again covered by 
warty excrescences. 
The Common Garden Toad of Europe {Bufo 
vulgaris ), is a repulsive creature, much less endur¬ 
able than the ground toad of America. Its color is 
ashy, with darker splotches extending backward for 
an inch behind the eye, while the skin is rough and 
pimpled. In size it equals the American toad. 
The Horned Sand Toad ( Phrynosoma orbicu- 
pouch frog. lare ) is a native of the extreme southwest and 
northern Mexico, where it is popularly called the 
Mexican frog. In size it is scarcely large as our common toad, but though 
small its appearance is quite as horrible as anything 
found in nature. It very much resembles the moloch 
of Australia and the wart toad of Fernando Po. The 
body is covered with tubercles, out of which rise 
horny spines, a ridge of these running down the 
back, while around the neck and at the apex of the 
head are six specially prominent spines. More properly 
this creature belongs to the lizard species, as it has 
a short, thick tail, but in other respects it retains 
all the batrachian characteristics. As indicated by 
the name, its home is in dry, sandy districts, where 
it burrows during the dry season. 
The Solitary Frog is found in various parts of 
the great west, but generally preferring a sandy re¬ 
gion. It is also covered with tubercles, though these do not terminate with 
ROPE FROG. 
