430 New Species of Bairucian Repiiles. 
Char. essent. General colour dark cineritious above, whiie 
beneath, lighter on the snout, flanks, and extremities ; interior 
surface of the limbs yellowish; a row of dark green spots on 
each side of the spine, extending the whole length of the back ; 
two other longitudinal rows on the flanks; posterior extremi- 
ties striped with broad, transverse, greenish lines or bands. 
Dimensions. Length of the body three inches; of the pos- 
terior extremities, four inches three-tenths; breadth of the 
head eight-tenths. 
Description. (Female.) Dark cineritious above, white be- 
neath ; interior of the limbs yellowish; end of the snout and 
upper surface of the thighs approaching to green; a longitu- 
dinal row of dark green oblong spots on each side of the spine, 
from eight to ten in number and symmetrically arranged; a 
dark green spot on the inner and upper surface of the orbits, 
another on the top of the snout; a dark coloured line on each 
side of the snout, extending from the nostrils to the eyes; a 
silver coloured line, or cuticular fold, extending from the orbit 
on each side along the back to the thighs, inclosing the dorsal 
spots; thigh, leg, and tarsus striped with broad, transverse, 
greenish bands ; a row of spots on the sides of the body, ex- 
tending from the scapule to the thighs ; another irregular row 
of smaller spots beneath; anterior extremities spotted ; hind 
feet completely webbed; all the toes with tubercles on the 
inner surfaces of the joints; body smooth, or, when viewed 
with a glass, embossed with fine tubercles; snout rather 
pointed; tympanum small, rather circular. : 
Habit. Very active, timid, leaping to great distances, leav- 
ing the water in search of insects, always found in or near to 
ponds, &c.; diffusing a rank odour; the slime which covers 
the skin is more excoriating than that of other frogs; appear 
early in April; are not very noisy. 
Inhabit ponds, ditches, &c. of the middle states; common 
in the vicinity of Philadelphia.* 
Sp. 5. Rana utricularius. (Nobis.) 
Char. essent. Colour dark olivaceous-green above, white 
beneath ; with suboval blackish spots scattered over the back: 
a vocal vesicle on each side of the neck; legs and thighs with 
a few blackish bands. 
_ “Ifthe Rana zebra, partially described in Nicholson’s Encyclopedia, 
is intended to represent this species, the name is pre-occupied. Vide 
Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. 3. pt. Ist. 
