“Clafs II. TO AD, 2 
ll. ‘The GIBBOUS FROG, 
Rana gibbofa.  Ge/ner pif, R. corpote angulato, dorfo 
tranfverfe gibbo, abdomine 
809g. 
‘Rana efculenta. Lin. fy. 357. + marginato. Ibid. 
Faun. fuec. No. 279. 
HIS differs from the former in havite a high 
protuberance in the middle of the back, form- 
ing a very fharp angle. Its colors are alfo more 
vivid, and its marks more diftin&t;, the ground co- 
lor being a pale or yellowifh green, marked with rows 
of black fpots from the head to the rump. 
This and, we think, the former are eaten. We 
have feen in the markets at Paris whole hampers 
full, which the venders were preparing for the table 
by fkinning and cutting off the fore parts, the loins 
and legs only being kept. Our ftrong diflike to 
thefe reptiles, prevented a clofe examination into the 
fpecies. 
Hi Ther © AB: 
DovvG. Arif. Hif. an. lib. ite searieun Khin quad. 
1X. ¢. 
. 40. 
Bufo. ee Georg. 1. 184. Ru- Rana. Bufo. R. corpore ven- 
beta. Phin. lib. viil. co 316 tricofo, verrucofo lurido fuf- 
Rubeta fc. Phrynum. Ge/ner coque. Lin. ff. 354. — 
pile. 807. Rondel, 222. Padda, Tafla. Faun. /uec. No. 
Bufo five Rubeta. Raii fyn 275. 
quad. 252. Gronov. Zooph. No. 64. 
HE moft deformed and hideous of all ani- 
mals; the body broad, the back flat, and co- 
vered with a pimply dufky ‘hide ; the belly large, 
B 4 fwageing, 
Eatable. 
