PEEPING FROG. 



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kinds, mice, and even young ducklings which 

 happen to stray too far from their parents ; swal- 

 lowing them whole, like the rest of its prey. It 

 arrives at its full growth in about four years ; be-, 

 gins to breed at the age of five years, and lives to 

 about sixteen. 



PEEPING FROG. 



Rana Pipiens. jR. olhacea, macuUs matis nigr'is fiaxo mar- 

 ginatis. 



Olive-colouied Frog, with ovate black spots margined with 

 yellow. 



Water-Frog. Cafe.-^b. Car. 2. p. 70, pi. 70. 



Rana pipiens. JR. Tiiidis, ocellis plurimis fiiscis annulo Jlatescente 



cinctis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p, 1052. Sdireh. Naturf. 18. 



p. 182. t. 4. 



Rana maculosa Africana amphibia. Seh, 2. p. 37- t. o7 . f. 4.? 



In its habit or general appearance this species 

 seems much allied both to the common and the 

 green frog, and more particularly to the latter ani- 

 mal, but is smaller ; measuring only five or six 

 inches from the nose to the tips of the hind feet. 

 It is a native of North America, and was first de- 

 scribed by Catesby, who informs us that its body 

 and limbs are of a dusk}^ green, spotted with black : 

 from the eyes to the rump extend two yellow lines • 

 and two white lines reach from each eye to the 

 nose : the eyes are large and black, and are en- 

 circled by yellow i rides. These frogs, says Ca- 

 tesby, are not seen on dry land, but frequent ri- 

 vulets and ditches of water, and will leap to the 

 distance of five or six yards. Since the time of 



