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five-toed and palmate. Abdomen swollen. 
Mus. Ad. Fr. 1. p. 49. Fish frog. 
Seb. mus. 1. 1 . 78. f. all. 
Merian. surin. 71. t. 71. 
Lives in Surinam. 
tempora- 
ria 
13. Frog with a flatish, sub-angular back. 
Faun. svec. 250.Frog, front feet four-toed and split, rear feet five-toed and 
palmate. The thumb is rather long. 
It.. oel. 154. Occasional frog. 
Gesn. ovip. 46. Harmless aquatic frog. 
Aldr. ovip. 89. Frog. 
Jonst. quadr. t. 75 f. 5, 6, 7, 8. 
Raj. quadr. 247. Aquatic frog. 
Bradl. natur. t.2'\.f.'\. 
It lives in Europe. 
It is aquatic in the spring but terrestrial in the summer. It lives on gnats and is 
eaten by ducks and herons. Even when its heart has been removed, it leaps. 
esculen- 
ta 
14. Frog with an angular body; back transversely gibbous; abdomen marginate. 
Roes. ran. 51 .t. 13. Green aquatic frog. 
It lives in springs in Europe. 
Green, with three yellow lines, the middle one running from the mouth to the 
anus. The back is divided transversely with a hump. Rear feet palmate.The male 
has rounded, inflated ears. Very often it predicts rain with its evening song. 
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Hyla 
15. Frog with a transversely gibbous angular back; abdomen crossed with a 
curved band on the groin. 
Gesn. pise. 809. Gibbous frog. 4,5, 
Lives in Europe. 
From a distance its croaking imitates the sound of bells. 
arborea 
16. Frog with a smooth body. Beneath it is tuberculate with contiguous dots. 
Feet split, with roundish wide claws. 
Amoen. acad. 1. p. 135. Frog with split feet, roundish claws, and smooth, 
posteriorly angulate body. 
Mus. Ad. Fr. 1. p. 47. The same frog. 
Gron.. mus. 2. p. 84. n. 63. Frog. 
Seb. mus. 1. 1. 73. f. 3.Slender Brasilian frog. 
Seb. mus. 2. t. 78. f. 5. Red American frog. 
Gesn.. pise. 808. Green, small frog. 
8 Amoen. acad. 1. p. 285. Frog with split feet; front feet four-toed, rear feet five¬ 
toed. Knees are tuberose below. 
Lives beneath the leaves of trees in Europe and America, calling flies into its 
jaws. 
boans 
17. Frog with a smooth body; contiguous dots below. Feet palmate, rear feet 
five-toed, front feet four-toed with roundish, wide claws. 
