Common Tree Toad 



Common Tree Frog. 



Tree Toad. The North- 

 ern Tree Toad. Change- 

 able Tree Toad. Cha- 

 meleon Hyla. Cha- 

 meleon Tree Frog. 



Plate XLIX. i, 2, 6. 

 Males (xf). 3. Female (xj). 

 4. Male croaking (xj). 5. 

 Eggs (xf). 



Hyla versicolor versicolor 

 (Le Conte). 



Range: Maine, southern 

 Canada, west to Minnesota, 

 south to the Gulf States 

 (Texas and Arkansas in part 

 only). (S. and B. Check List.) 



Habitat: Trees; mossy or 

 lichen covered stone fences; 

 decaying fruit trees. 



Size: Adults, 1 1/4-2 2/5 

 inches. (Males, 32-51 mm. 

 Females, 33-60 mm.). 



General appearance: This 

 frog varies in color from pale 

 brown to ashy gray, to 

 green; it has a granular skin, 

 dark irregular star on upper 

 part of the back, a black bar 

 on the upper eyelid, black 

 bordered green bars on the 

 legs, a black bordered light 

 spot below each eye. It might 

 easily be taken for a stone or 

 bit of bark with lichen on it. 

 The rear of the femur has 

 dark reticulations on orange. 

 The groin, axilla, and under 

 parts of hind limbs are orange. 



Structure: Skin rough, 

 warty; conspicuous disks on 

 fingers and toes. 



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