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35 



they re*emblc put* of a Tupinambu rather than of a 



ir '< ' 



u of a winged reptile, resembling the flying dra- 



gon, have also been found in a rock near Manbeim. 

 J*e Daud. in Hut. \at. dct lieptila, torn viiL p. 29k 



OEDM III. BATKACIAN H1TTI1.1 .- 



MAM Older. 



Tbe 



tho*e of the two 





i vend respect*. Like them, they have 

 all feet, and jaw* not famed, of two branch**, move- 

 able on each other ; and in one part at least of their pro- 

 gres* toward* maturity, they have all tail*. Like the 

 Saurian*, their jaw* are furnished with teeth, and their 

 larynx i* capable of producing sound. On the other 

 hand, they diler from the Chelonian* and Saurian*, in 

 . having a naked body in many instances covered with 

 wart* or tubercle* ; in having the bone* soft ; in hav. 

 ing no external copulative organ in the male, nor any 

 real internal one in the female. Some of them have a 

 sternum, but no rib* ; other* rib*, but no sternum. 

 Most of the species have four feet in their perfect state. 

 All of them swim, tome crawl, and other* leap ; and 

 the specie* of one genus attach themselves to object*, 

 by round tubercle* terminal ing their toe*. Tbe other 

 characteristic mark* have been already mentioned in 

 the Ant part of this article. , 



Modem naturalist* reckon six genera a* belonging to 

 this order, which Dumenl arrange* under two subdi- 

 vision*, a* follow* : 



FAMILY I. nalraciani mitkout Taili. 



('cxci I. HVL\. HYL, or Tacs Faoct. 



Body slightly compressed, efcagatad, and ssaoath. 

 Tongue abort and thick ; the two fore feet furnished 

 toor toea, the hinder with five . all of them with- 

 out claw*, but terminated by lenticular tubercle*. 



The tree-frog*, a* their name import*, have their 

 habitation in tree*, to the leave* of which they adhere 

 by the tubercle* on their toes, and where they are often 



sern leaning from branch to branch, or from leaf to 



i^^ . " ^ ^^ . . 



leal, in searcn of win* and 



and early spring they seek the bottom of lake* and ri- 

 vuleU, where, after their hybemation i* over, they 

 pair, and where the fema.e lay* her egg*. Most of the 

 specie* are native* of America ; bat some an nauiiiiai 

 incr. Italy, and other warm European countries. 



At the pairing season the mala make* a loud ahrill 

 croaking noise, and JawUla* his throat in a remarkable 

 manner. The croaking if said to be particularly loud 

 in the evening* on the approach of rain. It ha* also 

 been remarked of these animal*, that their skin baa UM 

 power of absorbing water. 



There an twenty -eigbtapcde* rtisJingiiisj,,! by the 



Tiralis. Specie* I. Hyla **rWu. Green H. Bright green 



above, with a yellow line on each side, bonded with 

 a btackuh shade extending from the nostril* to each 

 flank, and forming a aiiMaaity above each loin; whitish 

 below. 



I* rainfitt wrtr, Daud. viii. p. ^3. Lacepede, ii. 

 part iii. art. 1 1. 



Rama arborea, Linn, a Gracl. p. 1054. 

 i 



-frog, Shaw. 



Lssoafa. S. //. latrrnlt. Flank-striped H. Bright green, 

 lighter below, with a straight yellow line upon the 

 aide* of the upper lip, body, and limb*. 

 La /f. /?i"r-ruy-V, Daud. viii. p. 7. 



I"* 3. //. bUtneala. Two striped H. Obscure green, 



Fig. 19. 



with two parallel longitudinal wh ite lines a little arclud Batrncisn 

 upon the back. lUptik.. 



IM K. Iti-rayce, Daud. viii. p. 30. "~^ ' ~"~" 



*. H. femoralis. Thigh-spotted H. Green, with tcmondis, 

 seven or more yellow spots on the upper part of the 

 thigh*. 



IM 1(. framrale, Daud. viii. p. S'2. pi. xciii. fig. 1. 



5. H. tyuirtlla. Yellow-romped H. Obscure green, ,. ... 

 with brown spot* upon the back, and yellow rump. 



La K. iquirellt, Daud. viii. p. 34. pi. xciii. fig. t>. 



//. variepata. Variegated H. Brown above, .. . 

 with green denticulated spot* ; limbs marked with 

 transverse green bands ; toe* flattened. 



La R. Ltgarre, Daud. vi.i. p. 36. 



~. II. in't'miila. Mixetl coloured H. Greenish Intermixta. 

 grey above, interspersed with red pot* and dot* ; pale 

 red Mow. 



IM R. mclaitgrt, Daud. viii. p. 38. 



8. li. bicolor. Two coloured i!. Blue aim vr, yel- BiouJor 

 lowih below, with white spot* surrounded with violet. PLATE 

 SeePUt. HI. Fig. 19. ccxcvm. 



IM IL bicolore, Daud. viii. p. 4O. 

 Itana bicolor, Linn, a Gmei. 10 



9. //. cyanca. Itliu II. Blue above, reddish cloud- 

 ed ash-colour below ; hindtr feet palmated. 



La R. bine dt la \ouvflU Hollaxde, Daud. viii. p. 

 43. 



* fc */r fl f Wnte' *'yag* *'> *>'**> South tt'alet, p. 



10 Il.Jronlalit. Banded H. Body and leg* red- 

 dish brown above, with ovate oblong white spots. 

 1* R.m tascVusj, Daud. viii. p V,. 

 liana IrHcofJiifila, Linn, a (iroel. p. lO&f. 



11. //. lim-iuria. Stained U. Bixly smooth, with 



two longitudinal and one transverse yellowish line* TmctorU - 

 upon the back. 



La R. a lapirer, Daud. viii. p. 44. 



12. II. J'utea. H row n H. Brown above; whitish FOKS. 

 a*h-coloured below ; entirely without spot*. 



l*a R. Lruitf, Daud. viii. p. 51. 



IA brunt, Lacepede, ii. part iii. art. K). 



13. //. ri>ra. Red II. Brownish red above, with a Ruhr*. 

 double pale line on each tide, and rounded spot* above 



t! . tUpaV 



La R. rmtgr, Daud. viii. p. 53. 



La rongf, I^crpede, ii. part iii. art 20. 



14. //. audriliiuata. rour-ctreaked H. Blue or QudrUi- 

 sulphur-yrllow above, with a double yellow or whituh neau - 

 line on each tide. 



La H. a qualre rain, Daud. viii. p. 55. 



//. nurantiaca. Orange H. Orange-yellow, Aunmtisc*. 

 with a (tain of reddish upon the back. 



La It. orange*, Daud. viii. p. 57. 



L'Oramgttq*eleMe, Lacep, ii. part iii. art 19. 



16. //. hypockimdrialiM. Hypochondria! H. Bluish- Hypochon. 

 grey above,' with the aide* of the body and limbs yel- dri * u - 

 lowish, marked with transverse brown band*; toes 

 deft. 



La R. ktipocho*<!rinlr, Daud. viii. p. 60. 



{".H.toctea. Milky PI. Milky white, with a brown- 

 ish line extending from the nostrils to the eye*; fore- 

 feet sernipnlrnated. hinder palmated. 



La R. lacti'-f, Daud. viii. p. (A. 



18. //. boon* Croaking H. Whitish ash-coloured, Uoans. 

 with broad transverse red ami brown streak* ; head and 

 mouth broad ; hinder-feet semipalmntvd. 



IjO Ii. btngtanlr, Daud. viii. p. 64. 



Rnna boon*, Linn, a GmeL p. 1055. 



Croaiing /hur, Shaw. 



La Cvtueiir-dc-lail, Lacepede, ii. part iii. art, 17- 



