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called Rana halecina; and this leaves the name pipiens unapplied, at least so far 

 as Gmelin is concerned. 



It is next used by Schneider in his "Ilistoria Amphibiorum;" his whole descrip- 

 tion, however, refers to the halecina of Kalm, or the Water-frog of Catesby, 



Latreille was the first who used the specific name pipiens without synonymes, or 

 reference to any author, stating only that the animal was called, in Carolina, the 

 Bull-frog; his description is correct, and applicable to the Bull-frog in every 

 particular but one: he speaks of a light-coloured vertebral line, Avhich I have never 

 seen in any individual of this species. 



Latreille separates it from the Rana ocellata, which he describes as a distinct 

 animal, and says, furthermore, that his Rana pipiens must not be mistaken for that 

 of Schneider (Gmelin), which we have seen is the Rana halecina of Kalm; 

 consequently then to Latreille is due the merit of first definitely applying the 

 specific name pipiens to our Bull-frog. 



It is singular that Daudin should not have followed his example, but far from it; 

 he, under his Rana pipiens, gives three animals entirely distinct from each other, 

 and his plate makes a fourth, for it represents an Indian animal, and not the 

 American Bull-frog. 



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N. B. Though Gmelin quotes Schneider, he does not quote the name he gives 

 the animal. 



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