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webs to the feet. It is said by Seba to be a na- 

 tive of the same parts of North America as the 

 former. 



Rana Squamigera ! ! ! 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1055. IValbaum Schrift. der Berl. 

 Ges. 5. p. 223. 



THE laborious description of this supposed spe- 

 cies, given by Mr. Walbaum in the work above 

 referred to, is a most curious instance of one of 

 those learned errors which sometimes creep into 

 the writings of celebrated naturalists ; the whole, 

 according to Mr. Schneider, having originated 

 from the accidental adhesion of a strip of skin 

 from some serpent or lizard, preserved in the same 

 bottle, to the back of the frog;. 



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" Vix credibile videbitur, quod tamen liquido 

 veluti juratus ex accurata ejusdem exempli inspec- 

 tione ad Blochium meum transmissi affirmare 

 audeo, ranam squamigeram a Wallbaumio operose 

 descriptam nihil aliud esse, nisi ranam boantem 

 Linnasi, cui cum serpentibus aut lacertis permixtae, 

 in liquore spirituoso lacinia exuviarum serpent in- 

 arum et quidem inversa se forte applicuerat. lu- 

 vabit data occasione recordari chordae ovis bufonis 

 refertas a Gmelino juniore in tertio Itinerarii volu- 

 mine pro tcenias specie pictae !" Sctmeid. Hist. 

 Amph.fasc. 1. p. 168. 





