RANA SYLVATICA. 101 



Rana sylvatica, but not fully described. Harlan nearly at the same time 

 published a detailed and satisfactory account of it in the tenth volume of 

 Silliman's Journal. 



Schlegel supposes this animal identical with the Rana temporaria of Europe, to 

 which it bears a strong resemblance — yet it is always a smaller animal, with the 

 head more pointed, and with a smaller tympanum. I am not disposed to make 

 an exception in favour of this animal to the general rule, that there is not a 

 reptile in Europe identical with any one of the United States. 



