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AN OUR A. 



RANID^. 



Genus, Rana. Linn. 



Generic Character. — Skin smooth, hinder legs very long, formed for leaping ; 

 tlie toes palmated- Teeth on the upper jaw, and on the palate. 



COMMON FROG. 



Rana temporaria. Linn. 



Specific Character, — Reddish, or yellowish, or greenish brown, with an ob- 

 long brown spot behind the eyes ; the legs with brown fasciaB. 



Ba7ia temporaria, LiN>f. Syst. Nat. I. p. 357. Fi.em. Brit. An. p. 158. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Yert. p. 300. 

 ,, aquatica, Ray, Syn. Quad. p. 247. 

 ,, fusca, RosEL. Hist. Nat. Ran. 



Common Frog, Penn. Brit. Zool. III. p. 9. Shaw, Gen. Zool. III. p. 96, 



t. xxix. 

 GrenoiiiUc rousse, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 



