Streckei — Reptiles and Batrachians of Texas. S3 



Acris gryllus crepitans Baird and Girard. 



WESTERN CRICKET EROG. 



Abundant along all of our water courses. "Waco specimens of this sub- 

 species are very variable in color, but seldom display greenish tints. 



Engystoma carolinense Holbrook. 



NARROW-MOUTHED TOAD. 



Two types (or varieties, they might possibly be called) of this species 

 occur here, and both appear to be equally common. Type A is greenish- 

 gray in color, with the skin almost smooth; type B is darker, varying 

 from brown to almost black, and with the skin more tubercular. At the 

 present time I refer both of these varieties to carolinense, intending to 

 investigate the matter thoroughly as soon as the spring season opens up. 



Rana pipiens Schreber. 



LEOPARD FROG. 



Very abundant in suitable localities. The examination of a large series 

 of frogs of the Rana j>ijiinis type from different sections of Texas will 

 probably convince us of the necessity of recognizing one or two of the 

 subspecies described by Cope. Rana pipiens Schreber ( = R. virescens 

 Kalm) in its typical form doubtless occurs in all of the eastern and north- 

 central counties, but specimens I have examined from the southern part 

 of the State, east of San Antonio, are the short-headed type (Rana 

 virescens brarhycephala Cope). Examples from west of the Pecos would 

 probably be referred to the Mexican form described by Cope under the 

 name of Rana virescens austricola. 



Rana sphenocephala Cope, as at present defined, is probably a distinct 

 species. 



Rana sphenocephala Cope. 



SOUTHERN LEOPARD FROG. 

 In working over my series of leopard frogs I find two specimen that are 

 clearly referable to this variety (or species?). They were collected in July, 

 1907, on the east side of the Brazos River, in the wooded strip between 

 that stream and Tehuacana Creek. 



Rana catesbiana Shaw. 



BULL FROG. 

 This species is not uncommon in the lagoons and along the larger water 

 courses. Last year Rohrer and I captured a half-grown specimen from 

 among a lot of toads that were congregated around an electric light, fully 

 four blocks from the nearest creek. At the same time we saw another 

 specimen but failed to secure it. 



