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PARADOXICAL FROG. 



Rana Paradoxa. R. femoribus posticis oblique striatist Lin, 



Syst. Nat. p. 356. 

 Yellowish olive-coloured Frog, variegated with rufous marks, 



and with the hind legs obliquely striated. 

 Paradoxical Frog. Nat. Miscell. vol. 9. pi. 350, 351. 



Larva, or Tadpole. 



Lacerta cauda andpiti,palmu tetradactylisjims,plantispentadac- 

 tylis palmatis, abdomine ventricoso. Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 6. 

 p. 36. 

 Rana piscis. Lin. Mus. Ad. Frid. 1. p. 49. 



Seb. 1. p. 123. t. 78. f. {', 21. 

 Mer.Sur. t.l\.f. 15. i. 



Frog Fish of Surinam. Edw. Phil. Trans. 51. p. 653, pi. 15. 

 Edw. Mem. p. 30. pi. 2. 



THIS animal, which the plate represents in its 

 natural size, from a very fine specimen in the Bri- 

 tish Museum, is a native of South America, and 

 seems to he more particularly found in Surinam 

 than in other parts. In its general form it very 

 much resembles the Rana temporaria, or common 

 European Frog ; and is, when living, of a yellow- 

 ish olive colour, spotted and variegated on the 

 body and limbs with rufous or yellowish brown ; 

 the principal mark of distinction from others of 

 the genus being the somewhat oblique longitu- 

 dinal stripes on the hind legs : the fore feet have 

 only four toes, and are unwebbed ; but the hind 

 feet have five, and are very deeply palmated to the 

 very ends or tips of the toes ; and near the thumb 



