American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus, and common Suriname toad with eggs and baby toads on its back, Pipa pipa. La grenouille mugissante, le crapaud pipa. Copperplate engraving by Antonio Baratti after Francois-Nicolas Martinet from Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie, Histoire Naturelle (Encyclopedia: Natural History), Livourne, 1774. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) was a French draftsman and engraver.

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