274 Barnes on Batracian Animals and doubtful Reptits- 
Figures. Daudin. Ran. p. 45. Rep. p. 87. 
Latreille, p. 156. 
Dumeril. Zool. p. 91. 
Schneider. Hist. Amph. p. ffl. 
Synonyms. Rana of authors. 
Grenouille. French. 
rosch. German. , 
DESCRIPTION AND HABITS. 
Body smooth and somewhat slimy. Legs long and atli- 
letic. Skin commonly of various colors, Frogs are very ac- 
pursued or disturbed, and if near the water they dive. her 
caught by the hand, they forcibly emit their urine, which is 
fetid and offensive. ‘They produce their eggs in a large mass ; 
breed in the water; and the young beeome perfect, in about 
two months. After a rain, come: abroad in 
great numbers. hey feed on worms, spiders, and insects; 
even fishes are devoured by the larger species. They 
are eaten abundantly, in various places; particularly, we are 
told, at Vienna, where a scarcity of them would be an alarm 
ing public calamity. They are devoured by serpents, pal- 
ticularly by the garter snakes.  ( Coluber saurita, et Colt- 
sirtalis, ) 
. When they find themselves pursued, they make prodigious 
leaps, and evince great terror ; but when seized, they beeome 
perfectly quiet, and seem insensible of their danger. The 
snake seizes the frog by one of his hind feet, and very grad- 
ually draws it into his mouth. When he comes to the body, 
if not frustrated in his design by the largeness of his preys 
by accident; he draws in that also ; and the other leg, inv 
ed by the side of the body. When he comes to the fore le 
as they are both to be swallowed at once, he is frequently 
compelled to wait a long time before he can accomplish his 
purpose. Whe 
able that es can manage to swallow frogs whose bodies 
— oe circumferenee of their own, di we not 
