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GREEN FROG. 



Rana Esculenta. R. olivacea nigra maculata, Uneis iribus dorsa- 



libus Jtavescentibus, abdorfiine albido. 

 Olive-coloured Frog, spotted with black, with three yellowish 



dorsal lines, and whitish abdomen. 

 Rana esculenta. R. corpore angidato, dorso transverse gibbo, 



abdomine marginato. Liiu Syst. Nat. p. 357. 

 Rana viridis aquatica. Roes. Hist. Ran. p. 53. t. 13, 

 Edible Frog. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. p. 15. 

 The Green Frog. 



This species is the largest of the European 

 Frogs, and is found plentifully in France, Italy, 

 Germany, and many other parts of Europe, but is 

 a rare animal in England. In its general appear- 

 ance it extremely resembles the common frog, 

 but is of larger size, and of an olive-green colour, 

 distinctly and strongly marked on the upper parts 

 of the body with modei'ately large and somewhat 

 rounded black spots or patches : the limbs are ele- 

 gantly marked or barred transversely with bands 

 of the same colour; and from the tip of the nose 

 down the whole length of the back run three 

 distinct stripes of pale yellow, the middle one 

 of which is slightly depressed ; the two lateral 

 ones strongly elevated. The under parts of the 

 body and limbs are of a pale or whitish colour, 

 slightly tinged with green, and variegated with 

 brown spots, and markings. The head is rather 

 larger and sharper in proportion than that of the 

 common Frog ; and the long deep-brown patch 

 under each eye, which forms so constant and con- 



