Pine Woods Tree Fro 



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Pine Woods Tree 



Toad. Pine Tree Toad. 

 Pine Tree Frog. Scraper 

 Frog. Femoral Hyla. 



Plate XLIV. i, 2. Males 

 calling (x§). 3. Tadpole. 



(Xi|). 4. Egg cluster (xi). 5. 

 Male (xii). 6. Female (xi). 

 7. Female (xi|). 



Hyla femora/is Latreille. 



Range: Coastal region of 

 North Carolina to Florida to 

 Texas. 



Habitat: Trees and shrubs 

 of pine barrens, breeding in 

 grassy transient pools at 

 roadside or in the woods, in 

 cypress ponds or bays or lily 

 covered swamp prairies. 



Size: Adults, 1-1 3/ '5 

 inches. (Males, 24-37 mm. 

 Females, 23-40 mm.). 



General appearance: This 

 frog is commonly a deep red- 

 dish brown in color, but may 

 be gray or greenish gray. It 

 resembles a small common 

 tree toad but is more slender 

 and the black markings do 

 not form a regular X. There 

 are orange or grayish white 

 spots on the rear of the 

 thighs. The under parts are 

 white. The throat may be 

 dark. The upper surface has 

 occasional granulations, the 

 under parts are areolate, 

 granulate on the throat, the 

 pectoral fold smooth, or 

 slightly granulate. 



Structure: Muzzle rounded; 

 tympanic fold present; no 

 light spot under the eye; no 



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