RANA SYLVATICA. 101 
Rana sylvatica, but not fully described. Harlan nearly at the same time published 
a detailed and satisfactory account of it in the tenth volume of Silliman’s Journal. 
Schlegel supposes this animal identical with the Rana temporaria of Europe, to 
which it bears a strong resemblance—yet it is always a smaller animal, with the 
head more pointed, and with a smaller tympanum. I am not disposed to make an 
exception in favour of this animal to the general rule, that there is not a reptile 
in Europe identical with any one of the United States. 
