Note 1 — CHAP. III.
Reading edition
: The Indian toad (Bufo melanostictus, Schneid) is found In Ceylon, and the belief in its venomous nature is as old as the third century B.C., when the Mahawanso mentions that the wife of "King Asoca attempted to destroy the great bo-tree (at Magadha) with the poisoned fang of a toad."—Ch. xx. p. 122.
2: Rana eutipora, and the Malabar bull-frog, R. Malabarica.
3: R. Kandiana, Kelaart.