Southern Tree Frog. Sq 



uirrel Tree Frog. 



Southern Tree Toad. 

 Scraper Frog. Rain Frog. 

 Squirrel Tree Toad. 

 Squirrel Hyla. Squirrel 

 Frog. Tree Frog. House 

 Frog. Tree Toad. 



Plate XLVIII. (xi). i. 

 Male croaking. 2, 3, 5. Males. 

 4. Female. 



Hyla squirella Latreille. 



Range: Virginia to Texas, 

 and north up the Mississippi 

 basin to Indiana. 



Habitat: In and around 

 buildings; about wells; in 

 bushes, trees, or vines; in 

 fields and gardens. Breeds in 

 open ponds in the pine bar- 

 rens, or in shallow roadside 

 pools. 



Size: Adults, 7/8-1 1/2 

 inches. (Males, 23-36 mm. 

 Females, 23-37 mm.). 



General appearance: This 

 species is small, delicate, and 

 with smooth skin. The head 

 is short, eyes prominent with 

 black pupil and bronzy iris. 

 The back is green or brown- 

 ish in color with at least a 

 partial transverse bar be- 

 tween the eyes and with 

 white on the upper lip. Fre- 

 quently there are rounded 

 spots on the back. The rear 

 of femur is not spotted. There 

 is a light line below the eye 

 and over the shoulder. There 

 may be a light irregular line 

 along the side just above the 

 belly. 



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