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heard at the distance of a mile, more baicplarly during the 
silence of the night. This species is not known by the name 
of “ shad frog,”? as was stated by Daudin; that name being 
applied to the halecuna and palustris: though I have not ob- 
served, that any one species makes its appearance much 
earlier than the others. When immersed in spirits, this frog 
changes to a lively green, with a stripe along the back; in 
which state it was figured by Daudin. 
Inhabit the middle states; very common near Philadelphia. 
Sp. 8 Rawa clamata. (Daudin.) 
Char. essent. Colour above dusky cinereus, beneath 
whitish; snout more or less green. 
Dimensions. Length of the body three inches; hind legs 
four inches and two tenths. 
Description. (Male.) Body above dark cinereus, approach- 
ing to green, tuberculous; snout green; beneath the throat, 
breast, and interior of the fore legs, bright yellow; tympanum 
large; longitudinal folds of the back not extending the whole 
length of the body, and of a light colour; the belly and inte- 
rior of the legs white; thighs and legs obsoletely banded or 
spotted with black; sides more or less striped with black; 
buttocks mottled. (Female rather larger, lighter, and alto- 
gether white beneath.) 
Hatit. Noisy; generally crying just as it leaps into the 
water, and skimming over the surface previous to diving; 
screaming when caught in most instances; very active and 
tenacious of life. A dog of Mr. Bartram’s having accident- 
ally swallowed one of these animals, it was observed to strug- 
gle and to cry piteously for at least half an hour, to the great 
diversion of the spectators, and no small confusion of the dog, 
who was at a loss to comprehend this species of intestinal 
eloquence. 
Inhabit the middle states; the most common of all our 
frogs. 
Sp. 9. Rana ocedlata. (Linn.) 
R. maxima virginiana. Seba. 
R. pentadactyla. Linn, Gmel. Argus frog. Shaw, 
Gen. Zool. vol. 2. pt. 1. p. 108. pl. 34. 
PaNOts frog. Bartram, Trav. in N. Amer. p. 272. 
pl. 34. 
‘Uhis species is badly figured by Daudin from a specimen 
inspirits, T have not observed this specimen in a living state ; 
it is very doubtful whether they exist north of Charleston. 
