FROGS. é LL 
biana. In appearance the Noisy Frog is very like his relative, 
the Edible Frog (2. esculenta). 
R. clamata has vomerine teeth, a moderately-sized head, a round 
snout, atympanum generally much larger than the eye (sometimes 
nearly twice as large, particularly in the males), fingers with blunt 
tips, and toes not completely webbed, and a glandular fold on the 
side. The colour of the animal above is lightish-green, more or 
less spotted or marked with black or very dark-brown. The lower 
parts are yellowish-white, sometimes marbled with grey. The 
males, like R. cutesbiana, have two internal vocal sacs. This 
Fic. 80.—THE EDIBLE FROG (Rana esculenta). 
Frog may be placed in the same Vivarium as the Common Frog 
(R. temporaria), and treated exactly in the same way. It isa 
handsome Batrachian. 
The Edible Frog (Rana esculenta, Fig. 80) is an animal con- 
cerning which a great deal has been written from time to time. 
It has therefore some title to a certain kind of fame. People 
when they see this Batrachian for the first time and are 
told its name, frequently exclaim, ‘‘Oh! that is the Frog then 
which the French eat?”’ I used to assent to this remark; but 
now I do not do so, for I have seen that Mr. Boulenger, who is 
