Giant Tree Frog, 



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Plate XLVII. (xf). 1-3. 

 Females. 



Hyla septentrionalis Bou- 

 lenger. 



Range: On Oct. 30, 1931 

 (Copeia, p. 140) Dr. T. Bar- 

 bour places it as established 

 at Key West, Florida. In 

 1 914 (p. 347) he has it from 

 New Providence, Andros Is- 

 land, Rum Cay, Cuba, and 

 Grand Cayman. 



Size: Adults, 2 3/5-5 1/5 

 inches (64-130 mm.). 



General appearance: This is 

 a large tree toad. The head is 

 broad, the outline of the skull 

 evident as the skin is united 

 to the skull, canthus rostralis 

 and nostrils very prominent. 

 The top of the head is 

 smooth, the eyelids and back 

 roughened with large and 

 fine tubercles. The most con- 

 spicuous characters are the 

 very large disks on fingers 

 and toes, those on the fingers 

 being fully as large as the 

 tympanum. The eyes are 

 large and prominent, the iris 

 with brilliant orange tints. 

 The color, when the frog has 

 been under cover, becomes a 

 dull olive green, but in the 

 light becomes citrine, turtle 

 green or oil yellow, with in- 

 distinct dorsal spots of dull 

 citrine or grayish olive. The 

 legs are barred with the same. 

 The rear of the femur is 

 reticulated with the same. 

 The throat is pale, buffy, and 



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