. Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain. the slightest noise they strike into the water, and do notagain expose themselves until certain that all danger is past. In the edible frog the toes are cylindrical, and alittle swollen at the tips; the webs of the toes areslightly notched, and do not reach the extreme tips;the fourth toe of the hind foot is one-fourth longerthan the third and fifth; the nostrils half-waybetween the corner of the eye and the tip of the 112 OUR REPTILES. muzzle; the hea
. Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain. the slightest noise they strike into the water, and do notagain expose themselves until certain that all danger is past. In the edible frog the toes are cylindrical, and alittle swollen at the tips; the webs of the toes areslightly notched, and do not reach the extreme tips;the fourth toe of the hind foot is one-fourth longerthan the third and fifth; the nostrils half-waybetween the corner of the eye and the tip of the 112 OUR REPTILES. muzzle; the head is triangular; the teeth on thepalate are in a line exactly between the nasalopenings; the tongue is broad, lobed, and covered onthe surface with scattered warts. On the uppersurface of the body are a number of rather indistinct,scattered warts or folds, but the skin on the belly issmooth. The male is furnished with a bladder atthe angle of the gape on each side, which, whendistended is as large as a small cherry. The colour isexceedingly variable, generally of a greenish tint,sometimes of a rich chestnut red. Length abovethree PLATE VII
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