110 RANADA. 
EDIBLE FROG. 
Rana esculenta. Linn. 
Specific character.—Thumb with two tubercles ; vomerine teeth forming two 
small groups ; vocal sacs in the male large and globular ; upper parts of the body 
variously marbled ; a yellow or whitish mesial line running the whole length of 
the back. 
Rana esculenta, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, I. p. 376, No. 15. Daun. Hist. des 
Rept. VIII. p. 90. Cu. Bonar. Non. Faun. Ital. 
viridis, Linn. Faun. Suecie, p. 94. Roxrsrx, Hist. Ran. p. 53, t. xii. 
—xvi. Birr. Hist. Nat. Rept. VIII. p. 343. 
Green frog, SHAW, Gen. Zool. ITI. p. 103. t. xxxi. 
3° 
Tue fact that the true Rana esculenta, so well known in 
some parts of the Continent as an article of food, is an 
inhabitant of this country, is now perfectly established. 
