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RAN A TEMPORARIA.— The Common Frog, 



Spec. Char. Body reddish-brown or greenish, with a 

 black band extending from the eye and passing over 

 the opening of the ear. 



La grenouille rousse a temps noires ; Daudin, viii. p. 84. Rana temporaria ; Syst. 

 Nat.Gmelin,v.l0b3. La Rousse ; La Cepede, Repl. ii. part. iii. art.2. Com- 

 mon frog ; Pennant, Br. Zool. iii. p. 3; Shaw,Zool. iii. t. 39. 



This well-known animal is common throughout Europe, in moist 

 meadows, and on the banks of ponds and rivulets. It is called the 

 red frog by the French, and differs from the esculent species both 

 in colour and habit, though it is sometimes confounded with it. 

 It prefers mountainous situations, and is commonly found on land 

 in the summer season, while the green frog rarely leaves the water. 

 It is said to be very commonly used as food in the central parts of 

 France, and that the hind-quarters are as good en fricassee as those 

 of the green frog. 



BUFO VULGARIS.— Common Toad. 



Gen. Char. Body thick, short, broad, and warty 

 above ; Jiead thick and short ; eyes large and pro- 

 tuberant, with a vertical pupil ; tongue short and 

 thick ; mouth toothless ; skin dilatable by inflation ; 

 fore-feet with four separate toes, the thumb larger in 

 the male ; hinder-feet short and generally palmated 

 with five toes ; all the toes pointed, but without 

 claws. 



Spec. Char. Body pale reddish ash-coloured, some- 

 times olive or blackish ; back covered with numerous 

 red rounded tubercles; belly reddish-white, with 

 smaller tubercles ; hind-feet semi-palmate. 



