CHAPTER XXV 

 THE GREEN FROG 



Cardanus undertakes to give reason for the raining of Frogs ; but if it 

 were in my power, it should rain nothing but Water Frogs, for those, I think, 

 are not venomous. IZAAK WALTON, The Complete Angler. 



Habitat and Distribution. The green frog (Ra'na dam'itans) 

 is one of the commonest species of frogs in the eastern United 

 States. It frequents the neighborhood of springs and meadow 



FIG. 164. Photograph of Bullfrog. Reduced 



brooks, and may be distinguished from its larger relative, the 

 bullfrog (Rana catesbia'na, Fig. 164), by the presence of two 

 glandular folds of skin along the sides of the back. 



External Structure. The body is divisible into a head and 

 trunk ; there is no visible tail. The body-covering is a soft, 



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