Rana Virgatipes 



jaw. Throat yellow, speckled with bronze. The sides of the frog 

 have large dark spots on a metallic, brownish yellow back-ground. 

 There are small black spots on the back and sides between the 

 stripes. The belly and undersurfaces of the arms are yellowish 

 white, spotted and mottled with rich brown. Under-surfaces of 

 legs vividly striped lengthwise with yellow and brown; stripes 

 continued on tibia and foot. (See Colour Plate XIII.) 



Measurements: Size somewhat below medium, 5. e. length 

 2 to i\ inches. Head long; length contained three times in 

 total length. (Fig. 267.) Space on top of head between eyes 

 unusually narrow (half width of eyelid). Leg short (Fig. 268); 

 length of leg to heel equals length of body forward to the ear. 

 Tibia and femur equal. Foot relatively long; fourth toe much 

 the longest; third longer than fifth. 



Structure: Skin relatively smooth and wet. Head pointed, 

 upper jaw projecting over the lower. Canthus rostralis promi- 

 nent. Eye peculiarly bulging (Fig. 267); extends beyond 

 the jaw on the sides of the head, so that it can be seen from 

 below. Ear larger than eye, and very distinct, surrounded by a 

 circular ridge of skin. Inconspicuous fold of skin from eye 

 over ear to shoulder. No lateral folds. A groove marks the 

 middle of the back. Fingers slender; first thickened at base. 

 Web broad and conspicuous; two joints of fourth toe free. Inner 

 sole tubercle of medium size; outer lacking. 



Range: Reported from Atlantic City and Lakehurst, New 

 Jersey. 



Rana virgatipes (Colour Plate XIII and Figs. 267 and 268) 

 was first discovered by Cope, at Atlantic City, in 1891. It was 

 found in company with Leopard Frogs and Green Frogs, in stag- 

 nant water, where sphagnum moss, bladderworts, and water-lilies 

 grow. In the summer of 1905, it was reported as very abundant 

 near this type locality. 1 



These frogs have been seen at Lakehurst, at intervals from 

 May to September. They occur rather abundantly in the ditches 

 about the cranberry-bogs, as well as in the lake itself. They 

 are often found seated on a lily-pad or on the sphagnum moss. 2 



i.Fowler, Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia. 



2 1 am indebted to William T. Davis, New Brighton, N. Y., for these facts, as well as for 

 material. 



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