. Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain. 7&2 Natteryaoks, 3 Common Toad,. UTM. IN HOLLAND BYEMRIK& B BERNERS st LONDON 113 THE COMMON Sl^ull of Common Toad (enlarged). Only a small proportion of the European speciesof frogs is found in Britain; whilst of three toads,two are indigenous to these islands. Some haveeven doubted whether two of these species ( and B. calamita)) are not varieties of thesame. If this be the case, all the European toadsare British. We think,
. Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain. 7&2 Natteryaoks, 3 Common Toad,. UTM. IN HOLLAND BYEMRIK& B BERNERS st LONDON 113 THE COMMON Sl^ull of Common Toad (enlarged). Only a small proportion of the European speciesof frogs is found in Britain; whilst of three toads,two are indigenous to these islands. Some haveeven doubted whether two of these species ( and B. calamita)) are not varieties of thesame. If this be the case, all the European toadsare British. We think, however, that the two justnamed are really distinct, and that the green toad(Bufo viridis) is, therefore, a stranger and an common toad (Plate 7, Fig. 3) is found allover Europe, from Sweden and Russia to Greeceand Italy, Ireland excepted. 114 OUR REPTILES. Pennant commences his chapter on this animalin the following words :— The most deformed and hideous of all animals ; the bodybroad, the back flat, and covered with a pimply dusky hide: thebelly large, swagging and swelling out; the legs short, and itspace laboured and crawling; its retreat gloomy and filthy : inshort its general appearance is such as to strike one with disgustand
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