. The biology of the frog. Frogs. THE BIOLOGY OF THE FROG C. alleghaniensis, of the eastern United States. This species may reach a length of twenty inches. Its body and. head are much flattened, and the sides are bordered with curious fluted folds of skin. The eyes are relatively very small. The hellbender is very sluggish in its habits, but it is, nevertheless, a very voracious eater. Its vitality, judging from an account by Mr. Frear,^ is certainly Fig. 3. — AiKphiuma means. (From the Cambridge Natural History.) Mr. Frear tells of one specimen which had been picked up after it
. The biology of the frog. Frogs. THE BIOLOGY OF THE FROG C. alleghaniensis, of the eastern United States. This species may reach a length of twenty inches. Its body and. head are much flattened, and the sides are bordered with curious fluted folds of skin. The eyes are relatively very small. The hellbender is very sluggish in its habits, but it is, nevertheless, a very voracious eater. Its vitality, judging from an account by Mr. Frear,^ is certainly Fig. 3. — AiKphiuma means. (From the Cambridge Natural History.) Mr. Frear tells of one specimen which had been picked up after it " had lain exposed to a summer sun for forty-eight ; It was then brought into the museum and left a day before it was placed in alcohol. After it had been left in the alcohol " for at least twenty hours " it was taken out, "when it began to open its big mouth, vigorously sway its 1 Am. Nat, Vol. 16, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holmes, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1868-1964. New York Macmillan
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