Excerpt from On the Systematic Value of Rana Chinensis Osbeck Chin, throat and fore part of belly smooth; sides of body and lower hind part of thighs alone somewhat granulated, the hind part of belly crosswise slightly wrinkled. Color (taken from spirit-specimens): Back brownish olive, sprinkled with black spots; the latter present three main types either unequally rounded as in our R. Esculenta, or lengthwise ex tended (specimens from Japan) or again are they of such a shape as we never meet with in our R. Esculenta viz. In most of the Chinese specimens the black spots widen horizontally. The vertebral line is pale blue and varies in breadth; the dorso lateral folds of same color; on the canthus-rostralis, beginning at the end of snout, passing across the eye, above the tympanum. And at the back of it, runs the black stripe which reaches down behind the angle of the mouth; along the outer side of the dorso-lateral folds, the black' spots most frequently melt into a single black stripe; on sides of body large, irregular black spots are to be seen, which often unite into a large black stripe between the articulation of the two extremities; the upper edge of the stripe is undulating and from the lower one, following close upon each other, several branches extend towards the belly. The dark spots on the edge of the upper lip never unite into a single dark stripe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.