REPTILIA—FROG.:..TOAD. 713 
THE EDIBLE FROG; 
Wuicu is considerably larger than the common species, is rare in England, 
but is abundant in Italy, France, and Germany, where its hind quarters are 
looked upon as a delicacy. It is of an olive green hue, marked with black ° 
patches on its back, and on its limbs with black transverse bars. 
THE TR EER: O-G:.2 
Tue tree frog is small, slender, and elegantly made; green in all tne 
upper parts, whitish in the abdomen, and reddish on the under surtace ot the 
limbs. In summer it resides principally on the upper branches of trees, 
where it feeds on insects, which it catches very dexterously. It is remarka- 
ble for its power of absorbing water. It is found in France, Germany, and 
Italy, and other European countries, and in various parts of America, but 
not in Great Britain. 

PE TOAD? 

As the toad bears a general resemblance in figure to the frog, so also it 
resembles that animal in its nature and appetites. When, like the frog, 
these animals have undergone all the variations of their tadpole state, they 
forsake tne water, and are often seen in a moist summier’s evening, crawling 
up, by myriads, from fenny places, into drier situations. There, having 
1 Rana esculenta, Lin. 
2 Ayla arborea, Lin. The genus Hyla has the body slightly compressed, elongated, 
smooth; tongue short and thick; the two fore feet furnished with four toes, the hinder 
with five, all without claws, but terminated by lenticular tubercles; male with a gular 
pouch, capable of inflation. 
3 Bufo vulgaris, Lix. The genus Bufo has the body thick, short, and broad, cavered 
above with warts or papille, which exude a fetid fluid ; a thick projection behind the ears; 
no teeth; eyes large and protuberant; fore feet with four toes separate ; hind feet short, 
with five toes, generally palmated. 
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