Meadow Frog. Leopard Frog. Shad Frog. 



Herring-hoppers. Com- 

 mon Frog. Berlandier's 

 Frog iberlandieri). Spot- 

 ted Green Frog. 



Plate LXXI. i. Female 



(xi).2,5. Males (xf). 3. Egg 

 masses on the bottom of a 

 pond (x|). 4- Egg mass, 

 plinth shaped (xj). 



Rana pipiens pipiens 

 Schreber. 



Range: Widespread and 

 common over North America, 

 east of the eastern edge of the 

 Pacific coast states, from the 

 extreme north into Mexico. 



Habitat: In spring, in 

 swampy marsh lands, up- 

 land back-waters, overflows 

 and ponds. In summer, in 



swamp 



lands, 



grassy 



wood- 



land or hay or grain fields in 

 cultivated districts. They 

 spend the winter in pools or 

 marshes. 



Size: Adults, 2 iji^-A, 1/12 

 inches (Males, 52-80 mm. 

 Females, 52-102 mm.). 



General appearance: These 

 frogs are slender in form, 

 smooth skinned, medium in 

 size, brown or green in gen- 

 eral color, with two light 

 raised stripes extending back- 

 ward from the eye. Between 

 these dorsolateral folds are 

 two or three rows of ir- 

 regularly arranged, rounded 

 dark spots with light borders. 

 On the sides are more rounded 

 dark spots with light borders, 

 irregularly arranged in three 



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