TWO-STRIPED FKOG. Brach.yme.rus InJuscicUus. 



to say, does not appear to have been noted. When the Batvachia above mentioned were 

 discovered, they appeared inanimate, but the influence of a warm sun, to which they were 

 subjected, soon imparted to them a moderate degree of vigour. In a few hours from the 

 time they were liberated, they were tolerably active, and able to move from place to place, 

 apparently with great ease." 



The colour of this species is deep liver-brown above, with two longitudinal yellow 

 stripes, beginning at the eyes and extending as far as the base of the hind legs. A forked 

 yellow mark appears between these stripes just where they end, and the limbs are liver- 

 brown, spotted with yellow. The under parts are very pale brownish red, profusely 

 variegated with pale yellow spots. In length it is nearly two inches. The generic name 

 Brachymerus is derived from two Greek words, signifying short-thighed. 



The TINGEING FROG of Southern America (HylapUsia tinctoria) is worthy of a 

 casual notice. 



This creature is so called because the Indians are said to employ it for imparting a 

 different tinge to the plumage of the green parrot. They pluck out the feathers on the 

 spots where they desire to give the bird a different coloured robe, and then rub the 

 wounded skin with the blood of this Frog. The new feathers that supply the places of 

 those that have been removed, are said to be of a fine red or yellow hue. 



It is found in various parts of Southern America, and is common in Surinam, where 

 it mostly inhabits the woods, traversing the branches and leaves by day, and at night 

 concealing itself under the loose bark. Liice the common tree-Frog of Europe, it seldom 

 visits the water except during the breeding- season for the purpose of depositing its eggs. 



In colour it is extremely variable. Some specimens are black, with a white spot on 

 the top of the head, and two stripes of the same colour running from the head along each 

 side. In certain individuals there are cross bands of white between the stripes. Other 

 examples are grey above and black below ; some are wholly black, spotted with large 

 round white marks ; others are black ; others are grey, spotted with black ; while a few 

 specimens are brown, with a large white spot on each side, and two white bands on the 

 fore limbs. 



The EHINOPHEYNE is remarkable as being the only known example among the Frogs 

 where the tongue has its free end pointing forward, instead of being directed towards 

 the throat. 



