Strecker's Ornate Chorus 



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Frog. Texas Ornate 



Chorus Frog. 



Plate XXXV. I, 3, 4, 5, 



6. Males (xi ). 2. Male (x|). 



Pseudacris streckeri Wright 

 and Wright. 



Range: Texas, Oklahoma, 

 Mississippi. 



Habitat: Moist shady 

 woods, grassy pastures, 

 among grain stalks or in 

 cotton fields. We found it 

 breeding in a semi-swampy 

 springy fork of a rocky branch 

 of Helotes Creek in Texas. 



Size: Adults, 1-1 5/8 

 inches. (Males, 25-41 mm. 

 Females, 32-38 mm.). 



General appearance: The 

 head is short and wide; the 

 body, short and "squatty." 

 The fingers of hand are 

 chubby, a toad-like hand. 

 The toes are very slightly 

 webbed, the disks slight. It 

 varies in color from pale 

 drab gray or pale smoke gray 

 to hazel, brownish olive or 

 pea green. Usually there are 

 dorsal spots and frequently a 

 triangle between the eyes. A 

 dark line extends from the 

 snout through the nostril and 

 eye, over the tympanum to 

 the arm insertion, sometimes 

 continued as spots along the 

 side. Dark cross bands are on 

 the legs. The groin and front 

 and rear of femur in males 

 may be yellow or green or 

 olive buff. The throat of 

 male is dark. The tympanum 

 is very small. 



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