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VESPERTINE FROG. 



liana Vespertina. JR.. macula inter oculos transTersd, postering 

 bicruri aliisque oblique ab oculis ad narcs, corpore supra ciucreo 

 maculis longitudinalibus subcoirfluentibus fuscis, viridi varianti- 

 bus vario, subtus albido cinerascente inquinato. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Gmel. p. 1050. Pall. it. 1. p~45S. 



Cinereous Frog, tuberculated above, with a transverse spot be- 

 tween the eyes, forked behind, and longitudinal subconfluent 

 brown dorsal spots varying into green. 



NATIVE of Siberia: about the size of a toad, 

 but with the habit rather of a frog ; but can 

 scarcely be said to leap : head short ; body co- 

 vered with warts or papilke. 



LAUGHIXG FROG. 



liana Ridibunda. R. corpore fusco-maculato supra cinereo, linea 

 dorsall jlava tel subriridi, subtus albido glabro, clunibus fuscis 

 lacteo maculat'is. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmcl. p. 1051. Pall. it. 

 p.45S. 



Cinereous Frog, with the body spotted with brown, and the 

 thighs dusky, with milk-white spots. 



VERY common, according- to Dr. Pallas, about 

 the rivers Volga and Ural, and about the Cas- 

 pian sea : of very large size, weighing half a 

 pound : has the habit of the common Frog, but is 

 of a broader form : always keeps in the water ; 

 and in the evening exerts a voice much resem- 

 bling a hoarse laugh. 



