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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small tree-frog of the genus Hylodes, peculiar to tropical America. The most common species, H. martinicensis, is noteworthy from the fact that it was the first known instance of a frog the metamorphosis of which took place within the egg.
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The Germans call them _laub-frosch, _ or leaf-frog; they are most difficult things to find, on account of their color so much resembling the leaves on which they live.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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