Swamp Cricket Frog, 



Swamp Chorus Frog. 



Swamp Tree Frog. 

 Swamp Tree-toad. 

 Striped Tree-frog. 

 Rough Chorus Frog. 

 Black-spotted Tree 

 Frog. Black Tree Frog. 

 Black Swamp Frog. 



Plate XXVIII. (xi). 1-6. 

 Males. 



Pseudacris nigrita nigrita 

 (Le Conte). 



Range: South Carolina to 

 Mississippi, possibly into 

 Louisiana. 



Habitat: Breeds in ditches, 

 ponds or bayous, and later 

 moves to dryer hammocks 

 and ridges of the pine bar- 

 rens. 



Size: Adults, 4/5-1 1/5 

 inches. (Males, 21-28 mm. 

 Females, 22-30 mm.). 



General appearance: This 

 small frog has a slender body 

 and pointed snout, prominent 

 eyes and long legs. The skin 

 is finely granulated. This 

 form has the most numerous 

 small dorsal spots of any 

 Pseudacris. It is gray or olive 

 to black in color, with three 

 irregular rows of dark spots 

 on the back and darkly 

 mottled sides. The dark spots 

 are outlined with white dots. 

 The row of dark spots down 

 mid-back divides into two 

 rows toward the rear. A light 

 line is present along the jaw 

 with a dark area extending 

 from the snout through the 



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