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LINEATED FROG. 



Rana Virginica. R. cinerea, rubro maculata, subtus flavescens, 



dor so quinquestriato quinquangulari. Lin. $t/st. Nat. Gmel. 



p. 1053. 

 Cinereous Frog, spotted with red ; yellowish beneath ; with 



angular back marked by five pale stripes. 

 Rana Virginiana maculis et lineis notata. Seb. 1. p. 120. t. 



75. f. 4. 



THIS, which is allied in shape and size to the 

 common European Frog, is of a greenish colour 

 above, and paler beneath ; the back and limbs 

 being variegated with dark brown marks or 

 patches of different sizes. The upper part of the 

 body is of a somewhat angular form, being marked 

 longitudinally by five pale or whitish lines, three 

 of which -run from the nose down the back, and 

 the other two are disposed on each side the body, 

 reaching no farther than the legs. The feet are 

 formed as in the common frog ; the fore feet being 

 tetradactylous ; the hinder pentadactylous and 

 webbed. It is a native of Virginia, and is figured 

 and slightly described in the work of Seba. 



