. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . us *Vt6- rh„r k, ir. r. v^nd^, AMERICAN BULL-FROG Youn^ ducki are icmetimes a food oj t/iis i-otaaous Batracha?: FROGS AND TOADS 201. Positwn of thefamous dish Amphibia is afforded by the circumstance thatthey all pass through a transitional or lar\ alcondition before arriving at the adult familiar tadpole phase of the common frogor toad typically illustrates this point. Duringits earliest larval state the fish-like resem-blance is especially conspicuous. In additionto possessing gills, the body is li
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . us *Vt6- rh„r k, ir. r. v^nd^, AMERICAN BULL-FROG Youn^ ducki are icmetimes a food oj t/iis i-otaaous Batracha?: FROGS AND TOADS 201. Positwn of thefamous dish Amphibia is afforded by the circumstance thatthey all pass through a transitional or lar\ alcondition before arriving at the adult familiar tadpole phase of the common frogor toad typically illustrates this point. Duringits earliest larval state the fish-like resem-blance is especially conspicuous. In additionto possessing gills, the body is limbless, andproduced into a long fish-like tail, ha\ingsuperior and inferior fin-like membranes,with which the little animal propels itselfthrough the water. These locomotive fins,however, are never furnished with supportingfin-rays, as obtains among the Fishes. Incontradistinction to the Lizards and Snakes,the skin of Amphibians is never covered withspines or scales, but is soft and naked. In many of the Toads and Salamanders the surface of the skin is, however, warted and highlyglandular, and capable of emitting an acrid and s
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