Excerpt from Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia and Apoda (Frogs, Toads, and Coecilians) Of Southern India: Illustrated by Thirteen PlatesOur knowledge of the rarer species of the Batrachians, which inhabit our Presidency, is mainly derived from the field labours of the late Mr. Jerdon and Colonel Beddome, by whom the majority of the specimens in the British Museum were presented.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.