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FROG - F>@ - a well-known amphibious animal of the genus Rana . The mention of this reptile in the Old Testament is confined to the passage in kjv@Exodus:8:2-7) etc., in which the plague of frogs is described, and to kjv@Psalms:78:45 kjv@Psalms:105:30) In the New Testament the word occurs once only, in kjv@Revelation:16:13) There is no question as to the animal meant. The only known species of frog which occurs at present in Egypt is the Rana esculenta , the edible frog of the continent.