Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-09
Others That Bark Like Dogs
and Squeal Like Pigs
Brought TO New York.
GET 200 LIVING SPECIMENS
Strange Eeptiles Captured In santa
q Domingo by Dr. .snd Mss. @. xinos-
10y for AnNIflcan hussun
Of Natural History.

Frog WHICH Feiea%s poiSVu baS HUM
It's skin and another giant frog which
banks and grow!s Ike a dog and
saueals Ike pig have been addel
TO the collection of The Ame"can
Muse,vn of History by DR.. and Mfs
q. Kingley Nolle. who huye Just r.
f,,rned from three months scsen'la
expedition across the Island OF SaGt
Domingo.
Forty Of the b.gs esi lizards In IL
world which bear the closest resei1
'tiance cf any living creatures to tip
giants OF the diN0saur period, WEI
captured and are nov living in cage
la hot room Ia the museum.
The poison-gas frog nttains a weight
of about ten pounds. It's feet have
devices like the suckers Of an oc
topus. which enable II 10 climb yer
tlenlly the sides Of trees. It's habitat
Is full % large snakes which would
probably have extlnge!shed this eN
rraor,iiuary frog long ago. except foi
the frogs Development or the novel
device OF perspirlng n corrosive milky
LIQUID which bliSters like n touch OF
diluted earboiie acid and III, The all
with a tlindlng panor and M lEtoicr
able otor.l fhis frog IT, lcsS effective
mt leng range than skunk. bai
would otherwise make wcllhal
snced adversary in match in rhcil
particular spcelaltlcs.
Has a Curious Biography
In addition 10 an interesting per.
sonality, this frog has a curious hiog
raphy. Born in mountain torrents. IL
lives its early life attached t. rock
like an abalone Ur Il muscle aud
spends It's adult period in trees. Max
ing curious souB'l, the frluSlc comes
down from the trees IN egg season
and deposits snail objects among
stones hy Tie edge Of the stream.
These are eggs. They absorb water
and swiftly grow to the size or q
marble, one laying Of cgss soon hciul
rs large rs the frog which laid il.
Ilatchcd out Is tadpoles, the Young
sters wriggle TO the rocks and swift
mountain streams, attach themselves
to bowdlegs in the heart Of the cur.
rent and hang IN till they have al
tanned frogs estate, when they set ouI
for tie trees anr walk up the sides
like flies. These frogs would prob
ably interest conh0sseurs who have
acquired a,taste for frogs legs. They
have drumeticks Ike a turkeys.
These 6ad other frogs and animals
were the ublects OF Intimate photo
graphs showing their family life, tlicir
methods OF eating, sleeping and court
ing. The photographs were taken al
night with a itashgun Automatic
flashllght pictures have been taken
before Of slons and other large ami.
mails, but this Is the fist time the
portraits OF strange frogs have been
dono In this manner.
Tile other curious frog was
smaller kind, which live in deep
Jgngles, where they would get lost
aud never find their friends except for
the tremendous power OF their voices.
They climb to the taps of trees and
bark firiensly so as to be heard at
great distances. The first barking
frog that was caught did not wriggle
and try 10 escape like the ordinary
frog. but Startled his captors by opea.
ing his mouth wide and squeallng like
a pig. This frog lays its eggs on the
ground and they hatch out fully.
formed frogs Instead of tadpoles.
Lizard Hunted With Dogs,
The bis lizard. Of which only one
Specimen was ever known in this coun.
try, was hunted with dogs on the
shores ola salt lake 100 feet below
SEA level They reach length Of
Ave feet aud a large weight. They
have enosnous heads, powerful jaws,
flirec rhiDoceros-like horns, wide.
gaping mouth with a deep indigo in.
terrier, a red tongue and little pink
horns likesbrs ot roal set all over the
face TIE skin Is like thick rich silk.
With a beautiful bme.grcen sheen,
The teeth, luckily, are short. Doc
tor Nchls4 was Bitten in the hand hy
one, but w;,s not badly injured. II
they p,i. sesscd teeth to match thei,
Jaws. ashland woHid have been nm.
rutnird. 8alic hig ones were an over
match for the dogs ana coultl-enIy he
shot anl4broueht back dead. The
dogs however. could catch ana hold
fhe. smalffr ones until the menlher-,
OF the expedition came w to help,
This biz lizard is called the rhi
nocfehs iguana. being named after the
lvrns. They have crest of spines
Which rr1is from the back of the noel,
Ia the tail. In motion their powerful,
muscles l}Use ilDpressively under tho
loose fanry-silk covering of skin.
A tetal-of 200 living specimens ana
large numbers Of skins and specimens
in jars of alcohol were brought back.
The expedition was financed by the
Angelo IIeiIprln Fund, and the mate
rials viii be installed In the museums
hall OF reptiles, now under construc-
tlon.
Switzerland Is the best-mapped