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Length 3 inches. Color above varies from light to dark 
green, with large black spots, edged with greenish yellow, often 
placed in two rows. Other irregularly arranged spots on sides. 
Abdomen whitish or yellowish. Upper surface of legs with 
transverse bars or blotches of black. Tympanum smaller than 
eye, 
"Very active species, frequenting wet places. 
R. W. P. Coll., two specimens. 
58. (7). Rana palustris, Leconte. 
Pickerel frog; Marsh frog; Tiger frog. 
Rana pardalis, Harlan. 
Rana palustris, Harlan, Dumeril and Bibron, Holbrook, De- 
Kay, Gunther. 
Length 2} inches. Color above pale brown with two long 
longitudinal rows of square, dark brown spots, sometimes con- 
fluent, on the back and on each flank. Beneath yellowish white. 
Posterior half of thigh bright yellow, mottled with black. A 
bright yellow longitudinal line extends from each orbit along 
side to posterior portion of body. 
Vicinity of streams and ponds. 
East Greenwich, R. I. (Reginald Heber Howe, Jr.) 
59. (8). Kana clamata, Daudin. 
Green frog, 
Rana clamitans, Daudin, Merrem, Holbrook. 
Rana fontinalis, Leconte, H olbrook, Storer, Thompson, DeKay. 
Ranaria melanota, Rafinesque. 
Rana inelanota, Harlan, Thompson. 
Rana flaviviridis, Harlan. 
Rana horiconensis, Holbrook, Thompson, DeKay. 
Rana nigricans, Agassiz. 
Rana clamata, Harlan, Dumeril and Bibron. 
Length 3 to 4 inches. Color above green to dark olive, 
with small rounded blotches on back, sides and buttocks. Be- 
neath silvery white. Throat yellowish. Tympanum larger 
than eye, extending nearly up to it, beyond the articulation of 
the jaws. A prominent fold of skin extends from eye along 
the side of the back, becoming lost on posterior portion. 
Ponds and streams. 
R. W. P. Coll., two specimens. 
