Vew Species of Buiracian Repiiles. Gl 
Dimensions. Length of the body about three inches ; of the 
hind legs more than four inches 
escription, Dark olivaceous-green above, spotted with 
suboval dots; white or pale yellow beneath; snout small and 
angular; head rather fattened: a greenish vocal bladder, 
extending on each side of the inferior jaw and crossing the 
arms, in the male; in which respect this species resembles the 
R. typhonia, of Surinam, but is very different in its colour and 
markings. 
Inhabit Pennsylvania and tole fk ae Oe 
Sp. 6. Rana halecina. (Daudin.) 
_R. pipiens. Schneider, Schreber, Shaw. 
R. aquatica, Catesby, p. 70. v 
Shad frog. Bartram, ‘ta. x. America, p- 274. 
R. ocellata? Kalm’s Trav. in N. America, vol. 2 
p. 88; who says that the Swedes one thea siPhoapetee ser 
or herring-hoppers, from. their making their appearance early 
in the spring, at the commencement of the herring season. 
Char. extent. Colour light cinereus above, white beneath ; 
marked on the ag hae Pees of the Peay! with sitet 
green bloiches, sand dispose, ae occasions! 
lo; b 
sha marked with three or four ak: toes fereeaiied op a 
rose-coloured tumefaction ; palate of the mouth with two mid- 
dle serrated eminences ; transverse eminences smal] ; the pos- 
terior nares opening in cavities. This species in many respects 
resembles the R. palustris, but is distinguished, ist, by its 
tympanum, which is much larger; 2d, by the colour ; 3d, 
by the number and arrangement of the blotches ; ; 4th, by the 
* A specimen preserved in spirits in the cabinet of io: Philadelphia 
hed. of Nat, Se. is choret 4 labelled R. halecina. 
