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A SHORT time ago Mr. W. Watson, the Assistant-Curator of Kew Gardens, informed me that he had noticed for several years, in some of the hot-houses, specimens of a small frog, which, hiding away during the day among the pots and orchid-baskets, enlivened the quiet evenings with their shrill, whistling notes. Suspecting that this frog must be a foreign importation, I asked the Director to allow some of the specimens to be caught, and some days ago I had the pleasure of receiving three specimens in excellent condition.
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GÜNTHER, A. Introduction of a West Indian Frog into the Royal Gardens, Kew. Nature 52, 643 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/052643a0
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