XXXIII.

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.