Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo05amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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BATRACHIANS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK 203 confined, in indoor aquaria are much retarded, in their growth, and many remain as such for a period, of three years or more. The Bull Frog, Rana catesbiana Shaw (Fig. 26), is very large and stout. Limbs short but powerful. Hind, feet large and. ver)^ fully webbed. Head wide. Color above, light olive, irregularly blotched or marbled with dark olive or brown. The intensity of these markings varies with individuals and the disposition of the individuals themselves Limbs, especially the hind pair, with brown blotches which to Bull Frog.
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FIG- 26- THE BULL FROG From specimen in New York Zoological Park ward the extremities assume the form of bands. The under parts are silvery white, with grayish markings, the throat in many individuals assuming a yellowish tinge. The portion of the head between the mouth and the eyes is usually tinged with pale green; the upper surface, however, matches the general color of the body. Half-grown specimens resemble the adult of the Pond Frog, but may be recognized by the absence of the vein-like fold of

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