Creatures that live as well by Water as by Land.
Amphibia.
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Creatures that live
by land and by water, are
Viventia
in terrâ & aquâ, sunt
The _Crocodile_, 1.
a cruel and preying Beast
of the River _Nilus_;
_Crocodilus_, 1.
immanis & prædatrix bestia
_Nili_ fluminis;
The _Castor_ or _Beaver_, 2.
having feet like a Goose,
and a scaly tail to swim.
_Castor_, (Fiber) 2.
habens pedes anserinos
& squameam Caudam
ad natandum.
The _Otter_, 3.
_Lutra_, 3.
The croaking _Frog_, 4.
with the _Toad_.
& coaxans _Rana_, 4.
cum _Bufone_.
The _Tortoise_, 5.
covered above and beneath
with shells,
as with a target.
_Testudo_, 5.
Operta & infra,
testis,
ceu scuto.