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*HE TREE FROG*. 



The Tree Frog is a native of America, of France* 

 Germany, Italy, and many other European regions, 

 but is not found in Britain. — It is small, and of a slen- 

 der and very elegant shape. Its upper parts are green, 

 and the abdomen is whitish, marked by numerous 

 granules. The under surface of the limbs are red- 

 dish; and on each side of the body there is a lon- 

 gitudinal blackish or violet-coloured streak. The 

 body is smooth above, and the hind legs are very 

 long and slender. At the end of each toe is a round, 

 fleshy, concave apparatus, not unlike the mouth o£ 

 a leech, by means of which the animal is enabled 

 to adhere even to the most polished surfaces -j\ 



During the summer months it resides principally 

 on the upper branches of the trees, where it wan- 

 ders among the foliage in quest of insects. These 

 it catches with great dexterity, stealing softly to- 

 wards them as a cat does towards a mouse, till at a 

 proper distance, when it makes a sudden spring 

 upon them, of frequently more than a foot in 

 height. — It often suspends itself by its feet, or abdo- 

 men, to the under parts of leaves, remaining thus 

 concealed among the foliage. 



The skin of the abdomen is covered with small 



» Synonyms. Rana arboiea. Linn. Rana bllineata. Shaw.— 

 La Rcinc vert, ou commune. La Cepede. Gieen Tree Frog. Catesby 

 Shaw's Gen. Zool. vol. 3. tab. 38. 

 f Catesby, ii. 71. Shaw's Gen. Zool. iii, 130. 

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