most black vitta from tip of snout through eye over tympanum, 

 usually beyond the arm insertion, often extending half way to the 

 groin. Two frogs with stripes of the back more prominent have a Y 

 shaped triangle between the eyes, the other four do not show it. The 

 groin spots are inclined to be almost black oblique bars, with light 

 outlines. In fact, the spots on groin are on a yellow background. The 

 tiniest rim of the upper jaw is dark, but above this is a conspicuous 

 light line extending to the arm insertion and broadest under the eye. 

 On the front of the upper arm is a dark bar. The eyes are very promi- 

 nent with the upper part of the iris a bright gold band. The throat of 

 the male is dark olive, with a central longitudinal plait. The throat 

 of the female is light. The legs are barred. 



Structure: Form more slender than Pseudacris streckeri; head 

 narrower than Pseudacris streckeri; arms and legs longer and more 

 slender than P. streckeri; fingers and toes long and slender, with mere 

 trace of web at base of toes; snout pointed; nostril equidistant be- 

 tween snout and eye; vomerine teeth between nares. 



Voice: "This call is very loud, similar in pitch to that of Hyla pick- 

 eringi y but much shorter, and at a distance sounds like the ring of a steel 

 chisel, when struck by a hammer. . . ." (Deckert, Copeia, July, 191 5). 



Norman Davis of Gainesville, Fla., says, "The call reminds me of 

 Hyla crucijer but is without the trill." 



Feb. 5, 1933. "I have timed ornata and found the calls to be re- 

 peated from 65-80 times a minute. I have never actually timed 

 crucifer, but its calls are a good deal slower, probably 40-50 per 

 minute. Ornata s call is a single sharply terminated note, while 

 crucifer's is a more deliberate slur from a lower to a higher." — 

 (Letter. A. F. Carr). 



Breeding: Winter months. November, December, January to 

 March depending upon the rains. H. K. Wallace and A. F. Carr, Jr., 

 at Gainesville, Fla., secured eggs laid Feb. 5, 1933. They are brown 

 and cream or white, and measure, the vitellus 1/25 inch (0.9-1 

 mm.), the single loose envelope 1/7-1/6 inch (3.6-4.2 mm.). They 

 transform at 5/8 inch (14-16 mm.). 



Notes: Color description of a female taken at Charleston, S. C, 

 by E. B. Chamberlain, Nov. 4, 1932. 



The background color of the back and top of head is Hay's russet 

 becoming on side orange cinnamon or sayal brown. The two parallel 

 dorsal bands are liver brown or carob brown, so also are the bars on 

 the femur and tibia. Those on tarsus and foot merge into black. Snout 

 stripe, eye vitta, lateral and groin spots are light cadmium or lemon 

 yellow. The rear of the femur much as in the male. The light band 

 along the upper jaw is very narrow and whitish. The upper jaw rim 

 is bone brown. The eye is like that of the male. The venter is more or 

 less like that of the male, except that the throat is white without 

 discolor. 



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