Class III. COMMON FROG 



Body naked. H. 



PR Of 



Four legs, the feet divided into toes. 

 No tail. 



U«t^x®". Arift. Hiji. an. Waffer Frofche. Meyer an. I. 2. Common, 



Lib. IV. c. 9.' Fab. 5 2 - 



La Grenoille. Belon poij/bns, Rana temporaria- R. dorfo 



,g # planiufculo fubangulato. 



Rana fiuviorum. Rondel. 21 7. Lin.fyft. 357. 



Ranaaquaticainnoxia. G^/w*/* Groda, Fro, Klafla. F«o»* 



2««^. e<z/z>. 46. ^^//7 $*»• No - 102. 



g - # Rana. Gronov. Zoopb. No. 



Rana aquatica. Raiifyn. quad. 02. 

 447- 



SO common and well-known an animal re- 

 quires no defcription ; but fome of its pro- 

 perties are fo fingular, that we cannot pafs them 

 unnoticed. 



Its fpring or power of taking large leaps is re- 

 markably great, and it is the befl fwimmer of all 

 four-footed animals. Nature hath finely adapted 

 its parts for thofe ends, the fore members of the 

 body being very lightly made, the hind legs and 

 thighs very long, and furnifhed .with very itrong 

 mufcles. 



While in a tadpole ftate, it is entirely a water 

 animal \ the work of generation is performed in 

 that element, as may be feen in every pond during 



fpring 1 



