Northern Gopher Frog. Gopher Frog. Texas 



Frog. Florida Frog. 

 Crayfish Frog. Hoosier 

 Frog. 



Plate LVIII. i, 4. Fe- 

 males (xj). 2. Female (xf) 

 3. Male (xi). 



Rana areolata Baird and 

 Girard. 



Range: Texas, Oklahoma, 

 Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, 

 Illinois and Kansas. 



Habitat: Old burrows, com- 

 monly crayfish burrows in 

 the vicinity of ponds. The 

 burrow entrance was often 

 three inches in diameter and 

 overhung with grass. 



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

 inches. (Males, 63-103 mm. 

 Females, 75-113 mm.). 



General appearance: March 

 1, 1930. Frogs from Calhoun, 

 111. This is a large brownish 

 frog with round dark brown 

 spots on back and sides. 

 These spots may vary in 

 size, as large or small. There 

 are three or four rows be- 

 tween and sometimes ex- 

 tending on to the dorso- 

 lateral folds and several ir- 

 regular rows or groups on the 

 sides. The spots are sur- 

 rounded with grayish white 

 borders which on the lower 

 sides become the background 

 color between the spots. On 

 the back, the area between 

 the dark spots is a speckled 

 drab or grayish olive. The 

 skin of the back is roughened 

 with tubercles. There are one 

 or two long glandular folds 



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