Camp's Frog. 



Plate LV. (xiJ). i-8. 

 Adults. 



Syrrhophus cam pi Stej- 

 neger. 



Range: Brownsville, Texas. 

 Lower Rio Grande valley. 



Habitat: In moist earth 

 under board-pile, brick-pile, 

 stones or similar shelter. 



Size: Adults, 5/8-1 inch 

 (15-25.5 mm.). 



General appearance: This 

 form is very similar to Syr- 

 rhophus marnockii, and be- 

 longs to a Mexican genus. It 

 is a small delicate grayish 

 olive frog, with scattered 

 dark spots on the back, with 

 a dark band from the nostril 

 through the eye at least to 

 the tympanum, and with 

 dark crossbars on the legs. 

 The skin is finely granular. 

 The nose is pointed. The for- 

 ward portion of the under 

 parts is a pale yellow green. 



Structure: Small, delicate, 

 flat in body; a blood vessel 

 visible down the middle of 

 the belly; fingers and toes 

 long and slender with promi- 

 nent tubercles which viewed 

 from the side appear saw- 

 toothed; forearms well de- 

 veloped; tips of fingers ex- 

 panded and truncate, toes less 

 so; at least one light colored 

 tubercle just back of angle of 

 mouth, and near the lower rear 

 margin of the tympanum; 

 often a collection of tubercles 

 in this region or an oblique 

 row to the arm insertion. 



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