Barking 



Frog. Robber Frog. Texan Cliff 



Frog. 



Plate LII. i. Male (xj). 

 2. Male (xf). 3. Male (xf). 



Eleutherodactylus latrans 

 (Cope). 



Range: Texas, Helotes and 

 Waco. We had reports of it 

 as far west as Devil's River, 

 Texas. 



Habitat: Limestone ledges 

 of the cliffs that front the 

 Edward's plateau. They have 

 also been reported in caves. 



Size: Adults, 1 7/8-3 3/5 

 inches. (48-90 mm.). 



General appearance: This is 

 a large, short bodied squat 

 frog with extremely powerful 

 forearms and long outer 

 fingers. Its fingers and toes 

 have expanded tips and prom- 

 inent tubercles on the under 

 surfaces. It has two solar and 

 two palmar tubercles. The 

 head is wide and flat, the 

 loreal region, oblique. The 

 skin is smooth. In color, it is 

 light purplish brown with 

 darker spots. The back may 

 be light drab or pale drab 

 gray with brown spots. The 

 middle of the throat and the 

 under parts are pale pinkish 

 buff. 



Structure: Large, short 

 bodied, squatty; extremely 

 powerful forearms and long 

 outer fingers, for climbing; 

 male with forearm best de- 

 veloped, brachium little de- 

 veloped; two solar, two 

 palmar tubercles; head wide 

 and flat; skin smooth; muzzle 



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