. The common frog. Frogs. III.] THE COMMON FROG. 25 which the former animal seems to exhibit by the copious flow of its saliva, its many head-shakings, &c. The toad's secretion, however, cannot be said to be poisonous, and certainly it is not so in the mode in which the venom of serpents is poisonous, since a chicken may be inoculated with it, and yet appear to suffer no injury whatever beyond the inflic- tion of the slight wound necessary for the perform- ance of the operation. Nevertheless the secretion. Fig. 6.—The Common Toad {Bu/o vicigarts). exercises a very decided effect upon certa
. The common frog. Frogs. III.] THE COMMON FROG. 25 which the former animal seems to exhibit by the copious flow of its saliva, its many head-shakings, &c. The toad's secretion, however, cannot be said to be poisonous, and certainly it is not so in the mode in which the venom of serpents is poisonous, since a chicken may be inoculated with it, and yet appear to suffer no injury whatever beyond the inflic- tion of the slight wound necessary for the perform- ance of the operation. Nevertheless the secretion. Fig. 6.—The Common Toad {Bu/o vicigarts). exercises a very decided effect upon certain animals, since the tadpoles both of frogs and of salamanders are very powerfully affected by being kept in the same water with a toad, if the latter be specially irritated in order to make it discharge its pungent and irritating secretion. True poison and organs fitter" both to inflict wounds and to convey the venom into them are not indeed found in any animals which are even near allies of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London, Macmillan and co.
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