BURIED FROGS 



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The members of some groups of the frogs and toads have 

 teeth in the upper jaw, on a bone called the vomer; others have 

 teeth in both jaws, but the majority are toothless. 



The hibernation habits of these creatures sometimes pro- 

 duce unexpected and remarkable results. Occasionally the 

 public is startled by the publication of a story of a living frog 



LEOPARD FROG. 



Ra'na vi-rcs'cens. 



or toad being dug out of solid rock, many feet below the sur- 

 face of the earth. I have never had an opportunity to in- 

 vestigate any of these alleged occurrences, but a personal 

 experience has at least furnished food for thought. 



In a hot and dry jungle in the interior of Ceylon, I once 

 made a search for elephant bones in the dry bed of what in 

 wet weather was a shallow brook. The larger bones were 



