134 ORANGE FROG. 



growth,. &c. &c. Madam Merian's figure being 

 taken, as she informs us, from the living animal, 

 is here introduced in preference to those of Seba. 

 It is observable, however, that the hind feet in 

 this figure appear but slightly palmated ; whereas, 

 in Seba's representation, they are strongly webbed. 

 Madam Merian's figure is accompanied by the 

 larvse or tadpoles in their different stages of 

 growth. She informs us, that the frogs are found 

 in stagnant waters ; that they have ears in their 

 heads, and knobs or balls on their feet, which Na- 

 ture has given them in order to enable them to 

 pass with facility over the morassy places they in- 

 habit. 



ORANGE FROG. 



Rana Aurantia. R. aurantia, corpore artubusque gracillimis. 

 Orange-coloured Frog, with very slender body and limbs. 

 Rana Brasiliensis gracilis. Seb. 1. 1. 73. f. 3. 



This species is a native of South America, and 

 is of a smaller size than the European Tree Frog, 

 slender-bodied, long-limbed, and entirely of a 

 reddish orange colour. Like the rest of this divi- 

 sion, it inhabits trees. 



