        item: #1 of 20
          id: 14077
      author: Caldecott, Randolph
       title: A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go
        date: None
       words: 825
      flesch: 82
     summary: With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY!
    keywords: anthony rowley; rowley
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        item: #2 of 20
          id: 14375
      author: Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
       title: The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
        date: None
       words: 17449
      flesch: 91
     summary: With that he tied Grandfather Frog's legs together and went on his way across the Green Meadows with poor old Grandfather Frog dangling from the end of a string. But poor old Grandfather Frog couldn't be comforted.
    keywords: brown; farmer; frog; grandfather; grandfather frog; little; longlegs; pool
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        item: #3 of 20
          id: 15077
      author: Potter, Beatrix
       title: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
        date: None
       words: 875
      flesch: 91
     summary: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, &c._ FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC. NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1906 BY FREDERICK WARNE & CO FOR STEPHANIE FROM COUSIN B. Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond. He was quite pleased when he looked out and saw large drops of rain, splashing in the pond-- I will get some worms and go fishing and catch a dish of minnows for my dinner, said Mr. Jeremy Fisher.
    keywords: jeremy
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        item: #4 of 20
          id: 19197
      author: Herr, Charlotte B. (Charlotte Bronte)
       title: How Freckle Frog Made Herself Pretty
        date: None
       words: 1836
      flesch: 93
     summary: And poor little Freckle Frog wished that she had a blue silk dress with lace, and a pink parasol like Big Mary. Once upon a time there was a little girl named Marian, and she had a doll called Big Mary.
    keywords: big; mary
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        item: #5 of 20
          id: 20579
      author: Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry)
       title: The Frog Who Would A Wooing Go
        date: None
       words: 1527
      flesch: 89
     summary: So here is an end of one, two, three-- The Rat, the Mouse, and little Froggy. They soon arrived at the cottage; and the Rat having given a loud knock, while the Frog gave a loud Croak, Mrs. Mousey put away her spinning-wheel in a great hurry, and admitted her guests.
    keywords: frog; illustration
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        item: #6 of 20
          id: 26650
      author: Fire-Fly, Fanny
       title: The Ducks and Frogs, a Tale of the Bogs.
        date: None
       words: 1624
      flesch: 88
     summary: Said he, it makes my blood run cold, To see young folks so smart and bold. [Illustration] Just at this moment, up there sprung A Frog quite pert, for one so young; Said he, I vote for emigration, 'Twill save us all this botheration!
    keywords: ducks; friends; frogs; illustration
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        item: #7 of 20
          id: 31175
      author: Webb, Robert G.
       title: A New Species of Frog (Genus Tomodactylus) from Western México
        date: None
       words: 1980
      flesch: 60
     summary: Tomodactylus saxatilis_ differs from _nitidus_, _angustidigitorum_ and _grandis_ in having the tips of the two outer fingers widened and truncate; _saxatilis_ differs from _dilatus_, _albolabris_, _fuscus_ and _rufescens_ in having a smooth venter (not pustulate), a contrasting pale and dark marbled pattern on the back, and a lack of flash colors on the femora. petrophilus_ more than it does other species; all four attain large maximal sizes, and have lumbar glands, mostly smooth ventral surfaces, three palmar tubercles (sometimes absent in _saxatilis_), and usually contrasting dorsal patterns (reduced to flecks and spots in all species except _saxatilis_).
    keywords: glands; lumbar; saxatilis; species; tomodactylus
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        item: #8 of 20
          id: 31221
      author: Duellman, William Edward
       title: The Genera of Phyllomedusine Frogs (Anura: Hylidae)
        date: None
       words: 2568
      flesch: 63
     summary: Many groups of _Hyla_ in this area (for example, the _Hyla boans_ and _Hyla marmorata_ groups) are equally as arboreal in their habits as are the species of _Agalychnis_ in Central America. DISCUSSION Noble (1931) considered the species of _Phyllomedusa_ having opposable digits, reduced terminal discs, and no webbing to be advanced and such species as _Agalychnis moreleti_, _calcarifer_, and _spurrelli_ to be primitive.
    keywords: agalychnis; america; boulenger; cope; frogs; genus; hylids; phyllomedusa; species
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        item: #9 of 20
          id: 31293
      author: Freeman, Howard L.
       title: Systematic Status of a South American Frog, Allophryne ruthveni Gaige
        date: None
       words: 2636
      flesch: 63
     summary: In one or more characters generally regarded as important, _Allophryne_ differs from all presently defined families of frogs. Allophryne ruthveni_, male (KU 69890); (_a_)
    keywords: allophryne; fig; gaige; genus; ruthveni; snout; specimens
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        item: #10 of 20
          id: 31334
      author: Duellman, William Edward
       title: Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V
        date: None
       words: 3017
      flesch: 65
     summary: Comparisons._--_Ptychohyla chamulae_ resembles _P. schmidtorum_ in color pattern and body proportions, but the ground color of _schmidtorum_ is chocolate brown and not green as in _chamulae_. 349-357 Published April 27, 1961 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas PRINTED IN THE STATE PRINTING PLANT TOPEKA, KANSAS 1961 28-6442 Descriptions of Two New Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V BY WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN Field studies on hylid frogs in southern México and northern Central America have resulted in the collection of numerous specimens of _Ptychohyla_, a genus of hylid frogs heretofore poorly represented in museum collections.
    keywords: eye; length; ptychohyla; species; tympanum
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        item: #11 of 20
          id: 31830
      author: Lynch, John D.
       title: Genera of Leptodactylid Frogs in México
        date: None
       words: 3447
      flesch: 57
     summary: A revision of _Eleutherodactylus_ and a review of _ Composition._--Thirteen species; the species described as, or later referred to, _Syrrhophus_ from Lower Central America and South America are _Eleutherodactylus_ or _Eupsophus_.
    keywords: eleutherodactylus; frogs; genus; maxillary; species; syrrhophus; tomodactylus; tubercles
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        item: #12 of 20
          id: 32505
      author: León, Juan R.
       title: The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America
        date: None
       words: 17002
      flesch: 74
     summary: _Hyla boulengeri_ and _rubra_ are widespread in South America, and _foliamorta_ occurs in Colombia, whereas the other species are known only from Middle America. | (0.41) | | | | | Costa Rica: Tilarán | 21 | 28.8-33.6| 0.47-0.57 |0.48-0.65| 0.40-0.46 | | (30.6) | (0.52) | (0.59) | (0.41) | | | | | Costa Rica: Puerto | 22 | 26.3-32.4| 0.49-0.54 |0.48-0.65| 0.38-0.45 Viejo | | (29.7) | (0.52) | (0.57) | (0.42) | | | | | Costa Rica: Turrialba| 95 | 28.1-35.0| 0.47-0.56 |0.47-0.68| 0.37-0.46 | | (30.6) | (0.51) | (0.56) | (0.41) | | | | | Costa Rica: Bataán, | 26 | 26.3-32.7| 0.47-0.54 |0.45-0.66| 0.36-0.44 Limón, and Suretka | | (30.0) | (0.51) | (0.50) | (0.41) | | | | | Costa Rica: Piedras | 21 | 33.3-37.7| 0.50-0.54 |0.48-0.64| 0.40-0.46 Blancas | | (35.2) | (0.51) | (0.57) | (0.43) | | | | | Costa Rica: Rincón de| 24 | 31.4-35.9| 0.50-0.56 |0.45-0.61| 0.40-0.46 Osa | | (34.1) | (0.53) | (0.54) | (0.43) | | | | |
    keywords: = =; america; boulengeri; brown; central; costa; dark; elaeochroa; eye; hyla; length; panamá; present; rica; rubra; snout; species; specimens; staufferi; white; | |
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        item: #13 of 20
          id: 33574
      author: Fitch, Henry S. (Henry Sheldon)
       title: A Field Study of the Kansas Ant-Eating Frog, Gastrophryne olivacea
        date: None
       words: 11193
      flesch: 70
     summary: The hundreds of other frogs that were marked were rarely found twice in any one spot. On the evening of June 2 many frogs were calling at a pond ½ mile south of the Reservation, and one was heard at the pond on the Reservation.
    keywords: + =; = +; = =; ant; breeding; carolinensis; frogs; individuals; kansas; olivacea; size; | |
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        item: #14 of 20
          id: 33967
      author: Duellman, William Edward
       title: Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America
        date: None
       words: 9250
      flesch: 59
     summary: [Illustration: PLATE 18 Upper figure, _Hyla pellita_ (KU 100973); middle figure, _Hyla pellita_ (KU 100970); lower figure, _Hyla siopela_ (KU 100977). Comparisons._--The absence of a quadratojugal and the presence of a greatly enlarged, non-projecting prepollex place _Hyla siopela_ in the _Hyla bistincta_ group (see Duellman, 1964, and Adler, 1965).
    keywords: = =; brown; cent; dark; hyla; length; snout; surfaces; thighs; yellow; | |
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        item: #15 of 20
          id: 34604
      author: Duellman, William Edward
       title: Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group
        date: None
       words: 16317
      flesch: 69
     summary: ===============+========================+======================== Character | _H. phlebodes_ | _H. sartori_ ---------------+------------------------+------------------------ Frontoparietal | Ossification extensive | Ossification moderately | anteriorly with narrow | extensive anteriorly; | medial separation; | medial separation of | fontanelle largest in | about uniform width | parietal region. | ---------
    keywords: + =; = +; = =; brown; costa; dark; dorsal; group; hyla; lines =; microcephala; phlebodes; species; specimens; stripe; ummz; underwoodi; | guatemala; | nicaragua; | |; | ||; || |
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        item: #16 of 20
          id: 37602
      author: Duellman, William Edward
       title: A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus
        date: None
       words: 16227
      flesch: 66
     summary: we have no doubt that the specimens at hand are _orcesi_ and that _britti_ is a different, probably valid species. Diagrammatic views of ventral color patterns in _Osteocephalus_: a. _O. pearsoni_, UMMZ 57533,
    keywords: = =; brown; buckleyi; dark; dorsal; dorsum; ecuador; flanks; hyla; leprieurii; males; osteocephalus; pearsoni; río; skin; snout; species; specimens; spots; tan; taurinus; transverse; usnm; verrucigerus
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        item: #17 of 20
          id: 37809
      author: Lynch, John D.
       title: A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope
        date: None
       words: 14893
      flesch: 71
     summary: Syrrhophus_ involves this species; _modestus_ and _nivocolimae_ are known to be sympatric at one locality in southwestern Jalisco, México. Except for the reduction of the outer palmar tubercle, _rubrimaculatus_ could be a member of the _leprus_ group.
    keywords: = =; = syrrhophus; brown; cystignathoides; dorsum; fig; fmnh; frogs; genus; longipes; males; modestus; méxico; smith; snout; species; specimens; taylor; tubercle; uimnh; ummz
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        item: #18 of 20
          id: 37823
      author: Duellman, William Edward
       title: Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca
        date: None
       words: 49120
      flesch: 75
     summary: the nasals are separated throughout their lengths from the ethmoid, whereas the nasals of _S. phaeota_ are separated from the ethmoid by cartilage. In the _baudini_ group, _S. phaeota_ and _cyanosticta_ are allopatric, whereas _S. baudini_ occurs sympatrically with both of those species.
    keywords: + =; = +; = =; = san; anterior; body; breeding; brown; cnhm; costa; dark; dorsal; flecks; frogs; genus; hyla; length; lowlands; males; mus; notes; pale; posterior; present; rica; río; s. baudini; s. cyanosticta; s. phaeota; s. puma; s. sila; s. sordida; smilisca; smilisca baudini; snout; species; specimens; spots; surfaces; tadpoles; tan; text; thighs; uimnh; ummz; usc; usnm; vent; white; | n; | |
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        item: #19 of 20
          id: 47309
      author: Monro, Alexander
       title: Experiments on the Nervous System with Opium and Metalline Substances Made Chiefly with the View of Determining the Nature and Effects of Animal Electricity
        date: None
       words: 7028
      flesch: 64
     summary: IN other Frogs I passed a gold Wire between their Sciatic Nerves and Os Sacrum, and twisted together the two ends of the Wire over the Backs of the Animals. At the same time, the quantity of Opium absorbed is so small, that I could not distinguish its smell or taste in the Blood; nor did I find these distinguishable, in other Experiments, in which the Frogs were violently convulsed after applying the infusion to the surface of their Skin.
    keywords: frog; gold; legs; muscles; nerves; zinc
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        item: #20 of 20
          id: 5947
      author: Cory, David
       title: Billy Bunny and Uncle Bull Frog
        date: None
       words: 20814
      flesch: 90
     summary: This is what Mr. William Bunny, the little rabbit's father, you know, was singing one day, and the reason was because Mrs. Bunny had found little Billy Bunny in the pantry. Please don't sing any more, said little Billy Bunny.
    keywords: automobile; billy bunny; bird; dear; gentleman; good; kind; lucky; luckymobile; mother; mrs; rabbit; right; saw; story; time; uncle
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