RANA. 



LuTEA ; Yellow Toad. The body of this is yellow ; 

 all the feet are fubpalmate. This is alfo found in Chili, 

 and mfich refembles, in its habits, tiie R. efculenta, but h 

 much lefs; tiie lall joints of the toes are not conneftcd. 



Makgaritifeka ; Pearled Toad. Body brown-red, 

 fprinkled with pale red fpots. 



Cornuta; the Horned Toad. This takes its fpecific 

 name from the circumll.uice of having its eye-lids horned. 

 It inhabits Virginia and Surinam, and ot the wliole tribe 

 it is the moll deformed. It is faid, indeed, to furpafs all 

 animals in uglinefs. It is thus defcribed : tlie head is large, 

 and rounded before ; the mouth is excefiively large ; the 

 eye-lids are foft, mncronatc, trilid at the point ; the eyes are 

 feated in the middle ; the body is of a greeniih-brown, with 

 broad longitudinal whitidi llripes on the back ; the legs are 

 tranfverfely fafciate with brown : when full grown, the back, 

 the thighs, and vent, are Ipiny. 



SiTlBUNDA ; Dcfart Toad. The fpecific charaAer is, that 

 above it is afhy-glaucous, varied with blackifh-green fpots, 

 beneath of a dirty white ; the hind feet are femi-palniate, 

 with the appearance of feven toes. It inhabits the dry de- 

 farts near the Ural, fometimes hides itfelf in holes, and crawls 

 out in the evening ; it refembles the common toad, but is 

 foraewhat larger. 



Vespeutina ; Siberian Toad. Tins has a tranfverie fpot 

 between the eyes, forked behind, and other fpots running 

 obliquely from the eyes to the nofe ; the body above is ci- 

 nereous, witii longitudinal fubconfluent brown fpots, varied 

 with different fhades of green ; beneath it is dafhed with a 

 whitifh-afh. As its trivial name nnports, it inhabits Siberia, 

 and is about the fize of a common toad ; it leaps flowly : the 

 head is fhort ; the body above is fprinkled with fubwarty 

 papillx. 



RiDlBUNDA ; .Jocular Toad. Body brown, fpotted above 

 with cinereous ; the dortal line is yellow, or greenifh ; be-- 

 ncath it is fmooth, whitifh ; haunches brown, fpotted with 

 milk-v;hite. The head of this fpecies is broad ; the upper 

 eye-lid is convex, fprinkled with pores ; the apertures of the 

 ears are flat ; the back is porous ; the fides are marked with 

 obfolete warts ; the fore thumb is divaricate, thick at the 

 bafe ; the next toe fhorter than the reft ; the hind limb fub- 

 fafciate ; the hind feet have a callus witliin, refembling a 

 fixth toe ; the toes have a wart beneath, near the joints. 



This fpecies is found in great numbers near the rivers 

 which empty themfelves into the Cafpian fea ; it never ven- 

 tures on the dry land ; it is very large, and frequently weighs 

 more than half a pound : it refembles the R. temporaria, 

 but is broader and fhorter ; its voice in the evening is like 

 that of a man laughing. 



Variabilis; Changeable Toad. Colour variable ; back 

 and fides gibbous ; warts yellowiih in the centre ; it is very 

 fmallon the middle of the back, .and larger on the moll pro- 

 minent part of the flanks. It inhabits the fhady places in 

 Germany, and is only about two inches long : in its habits, 

 it holds an iiitermediaie place between the toad and frog ; 

 when full awake its body is Vi'hite, with green fpots ; in the 

 heat of the fun it is entirely cinereous ; when alleep, 

 the fpots are only cinereous, and when torpid the body has 

 a flefh-coloured call. 



The head is rounded, and the mouth without teeth ; the 

 margin of the upper jaw is doubled ; the tongue is fiefhy, 

 thick, placed far back, the bafe obfcurely bifid, very entire 

 at the tip ; it has hardly any upper eye-lid, the lower one is 

 folding ; cavities of the ears white ; tfie warts refemble teats, 

 very numerous on the groin ; the chin is marked with promi- 

 nent dots ; the colour, when prcferved in fpirits, is yellow- 

 jdfh, and above it is of a pale olive ; the fore feet are three- 



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toed, beneath they are emarginatc, the thumb is larger j 

 tlie fccond toe of the hind feet is very lono-. 



Seaion B.—BoJy more oblong, fmooth ; Legs longer. Frogs. 

 Species. 



Typhonia ; Hurricane Frog. Of this fpecies, the dif- 

 tinguifliing charadteriftic is, that the lobes of the ear* are 

 oval. It inhabits America, and is faid to make a noify 

 croaking before hurricanes and whirlwind?. The back is 

 marked with four longitudinal wrinkles, elevated points, 

 and black fpots ; the hind toes are narrow, without claws, the 

 fecond is very long. 



Pkniadactvi.a ; Mackarel Frog. All the legs are faf- 

 ciate, five-toed ; body veined, the dorfal flreaks tranfverfe, 

 the lateral ones are ocellate. There is a variety which is 

 brown ; the fore feet have four toes, with the rudiment of a 

 fifth ; the hind feet have five toes, with the rudiment of a 

 fixth. 



OcKLLATA ; Ocellate Frog. The cars are marked with 

 an ocellate fpot ; feet with claws, the hind ones fub-pal- 

 mate. It inhabits America. 



Pli'iKN-.s ; Clamorous Frog. This is green, with numer- 

 ous ocellate fpots, furraunded with a yellowifh rin<r. This 

 ipecies is fmaller than the green frog, but, in its general ha- 

 bits, it bears a confiderable refemblance to that animal. It 

 is a native of North America, and frequents rivulets and 

 ditches of water, and is fo flrong and vigorous, that it i,- 

 iaid it can leap to the diftance of five or fix yards. In the 

 fpring and beginning of fummer, it is faid to indicate the 

 approacli of rain by the peculiar found which it emits. In 

 the hving animal the ears are of a Ihining gold colour ; the 

 region of the anus is very much wrinkled ; the third fort- 

 toe from the thumb longer than the refl ; the body refembles 

 that of the efculent, or green frog, but the hind thighs are 

 longer ; the fhanks are longer flill, and hind feet are longer 

 than thefe, marginate on each fide ; the toes are connefted 

 nearly to the tip, the fourth is longer than the refl. 



BicoLOR ; Blue and Yellow Frog. Colour blue, ochreous 

 beneath, feet unwebbed ; toes fl.ittened and orbicular. This 

 elegant fpecies is of a moderate fize ; it meai'ures more than 

 four inches in length. The whole of the upper furface is of 

 a beautiful blue, while the under parts are of a pale orange, 

 or ochre colour. The head is large, the mouth wide, and 

 the tip of the nofe truncated. All the toes .ire furniflicd 

 with a large orbicular tip, and bencatli each of the joints 

 there is a procefs or tubercle. The upper parts of the fe- 

 male have a deeper (hade of violet than thofe of the male. 

 It is fuppofed to be a native of Surinam. 



Maxima ; die Great Frog. All the feet are palmate, as 

 well as the toes, fafciate ; body veined and variegated ; the 

 top of the back obliquely fpotted. Bands of the legs in 

 pairs, approximate, above confluent. 



Alpina ; Alpine Frog. This is entirely black, and in- 

 habits the declivities of the nwuntains in Auflria. 



Venulosa ; Veined Frog. Feet cleft ; the body veined 

 with confluent fpots. It inhabits India and South Ame- 

 rica. 



Virginica ; Virginian Frog. Cinereous, fpotted with 

 red, beneath it is yellowifh ; the back is five -angled, with as 

 many ftripes. It is found in Virginia. 



* Temporaria ; or Common Frog. The back of this 

 is flattilh and fub-angular. There is a varict), which is of 

 a dirty olive colour, witli large warty fpots, the head above 

 plain, beneath whitilh ; twice the fize of the common frog. 

 Both are found in this country, and tlie latter alfo in Perfia ; 

 it lives, during the fpring, in water, among toads, and in the 



fummer 



