Eastern Swamp Cricket Frog. Swamp Tree 



Toad. Swamp Tree Frog. 

 Chorus Frog. Striped 

 Treefrog. Common 

 Chorus Frog. 



Plate XXX. (xi). i, 2, 6. 

 Females. 3, 5, 7. Males. 

 4. Eggs. 



Pseudacris nigrila feriarum 

 (Baird). 



Range: New Jersey, Penn- 

 sylvania to North Carolina, 

 and possibly into South Caro- 

 lina. 



Habitat: Breed in marshy 

 stretches, shallow ponds or at 

 edges of ponds where there is 

 matted vegetation, sedgy 

 clumps or moss. 



Size: Adults, 4/5-1 1/3 

 inches. (Males, 21-30 mm. 

 Females, 22-33 mm.). 



General appearance: These 

 are small frogs with pointed 

 heads, extremely long fourth 

 toes, very little or no webbing 

 between the toes and with 

 small disks on their toes. 

 They are grayish olive or 

 brown. There is a dark tri- 

 angle between the eyes which 

 extends backward as a dorsal 

 stripe, with another stripe on 

 either side. A dark stripe ex- 

 tends through the nostril and 

 eye to the shoulder. This is 

 bordered below with a light 

 stripe on the upper jaw. The 

 throats of the males are 

 usually dark but not always 

 so. The under parts are a 

 buffy crearrf color. 



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