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Family I ranida i 

 Frogs 



Usually fair sized forms; strongly developed hind legs; hind fee 

 well webbed and no disks on toes; mostly water-inhabiting form| 



25 Rana virescens Kalm 

 De Kay. Rana halecina, the shad frog, common frog, k-opjinl ir< 



pi. 30, fig. 49 



Green, with irregular black blotches edged with white; these 

 mostly in two irregular rows on hack; lege barred above; belh 

 pale; head rather long. Length 2j inches. 



Probably the commonest of the frogs; found in moist placet 

 and marshes. The first Bpecies heard in the spring along with 

 A oris g ry 11 us. Frequently lives in Bwarms. 



26 Rana palustris Le Conte 



Pich. n I frog 

 De Kay. R a n a paluatri s. p. 62, pi. 28, fig. 60 

 Light brown with two rows of large, oblong square blotches 

 dark brown on hack, <>ne or two on Bides; a brown Bpot above ey< 



dark band from nostril to eye ; upper jaw white spotted with hlacl 

 Length 3 inches. 



Very widely distributed, from mountains in north of state to sal 

 marshes on coast. Usually found in cold springs and streams, and 

 is Been more frequently than any other frog in the grass. 



27 Rana septentrionalis Baird 

 .\ orthi r;: frog 

 Drown or olive, with paler, wormlike markings over the backai 

 imetime8 a few dark blotches behind. Length 'i\ inches. 

 Reported from northern part of the state. An entirely aquati 



Bpecies. 



28 Rana clamata Daudin 

 De Kay. Rana fontinalis, the spring frog, p. 62, pi. 21 fig. 54a 

 Greenish or brownish, -hading anteriorly to a bright g 

 rounded brown Bpots all over the back; beneath, grayish whiti 

 with Beveral transverse bands. Length 3 inch' 

 Aquatic, haunting all kinds of water-; lives Bingly or in pairs. 



