Structure: Head relatively wider; interorbital space wider; tongue 

 rounded behind; vomerine teeth behind nares. When wiping off one 

 male for photographing, we sensed that it had considerable secretion. 



Voice: This call is rather shrill, somewhat like that of the common 

 tree toad. 



Breeding: They breed from December to late May. "Eggs in 

 small bunches . . . attached to weeds and water grasses." (Strecker, 

 1926, p. 11). 



Notes: Feb. 16, 1925, Helotes, Tex. We soon found three males 

 calling, one on the bank, another amongst vegetation in water 3 or 4 

 inches deep, and another hanging to a branch at the water. We put 

 these into a bag, and they began to croak. They had three or four 

 diverse notes in the bag. These 'bag frogs' made others croak. W 7 e 

 caught 5 or 6 in all, and do not believe the species at its height. . . . 

 Air was 71 degrees at 7:30 p. m. when these were calling, the water, 

 about the same. This afternoon was very humid. 



On Feb. 10, 1932, we received 15 live adult Pseudacris streckeri 

 (previously called P. ornata by Cope) from A. J. Kirn of Somerset, 

 Texas. 



At last, March 24, 1932, we have in hand at the same time live 

 frogs of the so-called form Pseudacris occidentalis from Florida, and 

 live frogs of the so-called form Pseudacris ornata from Texas. They 

 are different forms. There is no doubt but what the form from 

 Florida is the Pseudacris ornata of Holbrook and the form from Texas 

 is no longer P. ornata. We call it Pseudacris streckeri. Several live 

 frogs of each form put side by side reveal from superficial examination: 



Pseudacris ornata from Florida is the more slender form — the 

 snout is pointed, the arms and legs are longer and more slender — the 

 fingers and toes are long and slender with a mere trace of web at 

 base of toes. The indistinct darker marks on the back are bars. The 

 nostril is equidistant between snout and eye, the dark bar on arm 

 is long. 



Pseudacris streckeri from Texas is a short fat squatty form, the 

 snout is shorter and broader at the tip, the arms and legs are short 

 and broad, the fingers are short and fat, giving the frog a toad-like 

 hand. The dark vitta on the face usually ends in front of the arm 

 insertion. The dark rim to the upper jaw is conspicuous. The light 

 area is broad at the nostril and again back of eye. The dark pattern 

 on the back is made of irregular spot-like bars, these frequently with 

 a fork at upper end. The marks on legs are only partial bars, the spots 

 are inclined to be lighter in the center and darker at the rim even when 

 indistinctly outlined with light. The bar between the eyes may be a 

 conspicuous V. The dark spot is at base of arm only, or slightly on 

 the upper arm. 



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