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Show 1895.] OF THE SUEINAM WATEB-TOAD. 87 specimens of it from his family estates in Surinam, and shortly afterwards sent out there a drawing of the Pipa, to assist in its identification. The first specimens received by Mr. Blaauw in answer to his requisition turned out to be examples of the large S. American toad Bufo marinus sive agua (see Additions on the 19th of September, 1894, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 752). Upper view of Surinam Water-Toad, showing the traces of cells on the back. (From a photograph taken Jan. 3, 1895.) On a second occasion Mr. Blaauw was more successful, and on the 14th of November last handed over to me, as a present to the Society, ten living specimens of the veritable Surinam Toad- Pipa surinamensis. The Pipce on arrival were placed in the large hot-water tank in the right-hand corner of the Reptile-house, until recently occupied by the African Mud-fish, where the water is kept at a temperature of about 70° Fahr. I may here remark that this Batrachian, so far as our experience goes, seems to be purely aquatic, and never voluntarily emerges from the water. At the same time, when caught and put upon the ground it is quite capable of hopping about easily. |