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VESPERTINE FROG. 



Rana Vespertina. R. macula inter oculos transversa, posterius 

 hicruri aliisque oblique ab oculis ad nares, corpore supra cinerco 

 maculis longitudinalibus subconjluentibus fuscis, viridi varianti- 

 bus vario, subtus albido cinerascente inquinato. Lin. Si/st, Nat, 

 Gmel. p. 1050. Pall, it. 1. p. 458. 



Cinereous Frog, tuberculated above, with a transverse spot be- 

 tween the eyes, forked behind, and longitudinal subconfluent 

 brown dorsal spots varying into green. 



Native of Siberia: about the size of a toad, 

 but with the habit rather of a frog ; but can 

 scarcely be said to leap: head short; body co- 

 vered with warts or papilla. 



LAUGHING FROG. 



Rana Ridibunda. li. corpore fusco-maculato supra cinereo, tinea 

 dorsali Jlava vel svbviridi, subtus albido glabro, clunibus fuscis 

 iacteo maculatis. Lin. Syst, Nat. Gmel. p. 1051, Fall. it. 

 p. 458. 



Cinereous Frog, with the body spotted with brown, and the 

 thighs dusky, with milk-white spots. 



Very common, according to Dr. Pallas, about 

 the rivers Volga and Ural, and about the Cas- 

 pian sea: of very large size, Aveighin^ half a 

 pound : has the habit of the common Frog, but is 

 of a broader form : always keeps in the water ; 

 and in the evening exerts a voice much resem- 

 bling a hoarse laugh. 



