The pectoral region is a pale yellow, and the rest of under parts, 

 light vinaceous cinnamon. 



Structure: Muzzle pointed, projecting considerably beyond the 

 lower jaw; skin smooth or nearly so; fingers not webbed. 



Voice: The call is shrill, clear, high pitched. 



Breeding: They breed from April i to June 15. The eggs singly 

 laid are submerged among fine grass or other plants in matted vege- 

 tation usually near the bottom of the pond, and are 800-1,000 in 

 number. They are white or creamy and black or brownish in color, 

 the jelly firm with well defined outline; the egg 1/25 inch (0.9-1. 1 

 mm.), the envelope 1/20-1/12 inch (1.2-2 mm.). The small tad- 

 pole, 1 1/3 inches (33 mm.), has tooth ridges 2/2 or 2/3. After a tad- 

 pole period of 90 to 100 days, they transform from July 1 to Aug. 1, 

 at 3/8-9/16 inch (9-14 mm.). 



Notes: "Unless the day is overcast, or a warm rain is falling, 

 little is to be heard from the frogs till about four o'clock in the after- 

 noon when their concerts begin, to be continued in mild nights till 

 morning. Considering the size, the volume of sound possible from one 

 frog is surprising. As you approach a locality where they are in full 

 voice, the air seems to grow gradually dense with this ear-deafening, 

 all-pervading sound; occasionally the voices fall into a regular meas- 

 ure of time, but the effect is usually a medley of shrill sounds, a few 

 voices audible above the others by reason of some peculiarity in key, 

 or lack of smoothness in utterance. The piping of each individual is 

 long continued; the interval between these musical efforts appears to 

 depend on the mood of the musician." (Mary H. Hinckley, 1884, 



P- 3H-3I5)- 



Apr. 7, 1929. Ringwood, Ithaca, N. Y. About 6 p. m. As it grew 

 dusky, the din grew louder. Peepers seemed all around us^in ponds 

 and on land, on ground and in bushes. The calls were everywhere^ but 

 to find one and see him call was a real job. We both looked for some 

 time without success. Then we concentrated on a small pond. It was 

 largely made up of tussocks of grass or sedge standing in water. The 

 field grass at one edge was wet and "oozy". There was so much noise, 

 it was hard to single out one note and locate it. The first we saw was 

 down in the water, just at the surface, standing almost erect, sunken 

 into the edge of a tussock, his back toward the water, the throat 

 bubble toward the grass stems. He looked dark greenish brown or 

 almost black like the dirty bases of the grass stem. If his bubble 

 hadn't been vibrating, we never would have seen him. . . . Then we 

 found a pair in a central tussock, the female looking much lighter, 

 then another pair appeared at the edge of the "sopping" field grass. 

 Several feet away from the pond, three feet up on a weed stem was a 

 male calling lustily. 



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