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Following the death of Sir George Wade in 1986 at the age of 94, and the death of leukaemia of his innovative son George Anthony (Tony) Wade in 1987, the Wade potteries were taken over by Beauford Plc in 1998 and renamed Wade Ceramics Ltd. [5] In the early 1990s the Irish pottery factory was renamed Seagoe Ceramics, and was closed down.
Collection of a Toadstone, illustrated in Hortus Sanitatis, published in Mainz in 1491. Lower jaw fragment of Scheenstia, showing the teeth in situ. The toadstone, also known as bufonite (from Latin bufo, "toad"), is a mythical stone or gem that was thought to be found in the head of a toad.
Like those, R. diptycha is a large toad, females up to 25 cm (9.8 in) in snout–to–vent length and males up to 18 cm (7.1 in). [ 3 ] Rhinella diptycha is a widespread and very common species that occurs in a variety of habitats but most commonly in open and urban ones.
The Colorado River toad can grow to about 190 millimetres (7.5 in) long and is the largest toad in the United States apart from the non-native cane toad (Rhinella marina). It has a smooth, leathery skin and is olive green or mottled brown in color.
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Its owner is in no doubt as to its merits: " 'Finest house on the whole river,' cried Toad boisterously. 'Or anywhere else, for that matter. ' " [12] The hall has a "very old banqueting-hall, stables stand to the right of the house, as viewed from the river" [11] and a "large boat-house" is located on the riverbank. [11]
A year later, he dug up the blocks and found that most of the toads were dead and decayed. A few toads that had been in the porous limestone were still living, but the glass had developed cracks which Buckland believed may have admitted small insects. However, Buckland found them all dead after reburying them in the limestone for another year.
Woodhouse's toad is a robust amphibian and can grow to a maximum snout-vent length of 127 mm (5 in). The head has prominent cranial crests in front of and in between the eyes. The parotoid glands are long and large. The dorsal surface of this toad is grayish-brown or yellowish-brown and it is speckled with small dark spots.