Clarke's Striped Tree 



Frog. Striped Tree 



Frog. Striped Chorus 

 Frog. 



Plate XXIX. (xi). i, 3, 

 7. Females. 2, 6. Males. 4. 

 Eggs attached to small twig. 

 5. Tadpole. 



Pseudacris nigrita clarkii 

 (Baird). 



Range: Texas to Kansas. 



Habitat: Abundant in vi- 

 cinity of marshes. Breeds in 

 roadside ditches, shallow 

 water lily ponds, shallow 

 mesquite ponds, grassy ponds 

 or other transient pools. 



Size: Adults, 3/4-1 1/4 

 inches. (Males, 20-29 mm. 

 Females, 25-31 mm.). 



General appearance: This is 

 a small grayish or olive frog 

 with dark longitudinal spots, 

 or these spots may be ar- 

 ranged in three stripes. A dark 

 lateral banding extends to the 

 nostril. There is a light stripe 

 on the upper jaw. The legs are 

 barred above and white or 

 pale buff beneath. Venters 

 are white or ivory yellow 

 with the throat of the male a 

 dark olive buff. They are 

 protectively colored little 

 things in the grassy edges of 

 the ditches where they call 

 and breed. 



Structure: Snout acute, 

 projecting beyond lower jaw; 

 toes slightly dilated at tips; 

 male throat with one to three 

 longitudinal folds. 



Voice: Its call is a grind- 

 ing note, more measured, and 



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