THE COMMON FROG. 



the body. The fore-legs were also bordered by a 

 membrane, and the body was capable of considerable 

 inflation. The back and limbs were of a very deep 

 shining green colour, the under surface and the inner 

 toes yellow, while the webs were black rayed with 



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Fig. 15.— The Flying Frog (from Wallace's " Malay Archipelago"). 



yellow. The body was about four inches long, 

 while the webs of each hind foot, when fully ex- 

 panded, covered a surface of four square inches, and 

 the webs of all the feet together about twelve square 



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