The Edible Frog (Rana Esculenta.) 



THE) FEMALE FROG. 



Two species of Rana are common in America and Europe, viz., 

 Rana esculenta and Rana temporaria. The latter alone is indigenous 

 to Great Britain, and varieties of it extend throughout temperate 

 Europe and Asia to Japan, and one variety (pretiosa) exists in the 

 United States. The edible Frog (Rana esculenta), however, has 

 been introduced into England. An Indian species (Rana breviceps) 

 and several South \African species burrow in the ground. 



ECOLOGY AND HABITS. The skin of Frogs is usually smooth 

 and free from warts or horny excrescences. It is invested with a 

 colorless epidermis, which is shed from time to time as the creature 



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