Mottled Meadow Frog, 



Kandiyohi Meadow 



Frog. 



Plate LXXIII. (xj). i,2, 



3. Males. Weed's paratypes. 



4, 5. Intermediate forms. 

 Rana pipiens kandiyohi 



(Weed). 



Range: Southwestern Min- 

 nesota and adjoining portion 

 of South Dakota. 



Habitat: Open meadows 

 and pastures. 



Size: About same as the 

 common meadow frog {Rana 

 p. pipiens). 



General appearance: This is 

 a meadow frog with the dark 

 spots overlaid with dark ir- 

 regular mottling and tracery. 

 This mottling is carried down 

 on the legs and feet and well 

 down on the sides, fading 

 gradually into the white of 

 the lower surfaces. Sometimes 

 the mottling is as dark as the 

 spots, at other times it is 

 lighter. The glandular ridges 

 or folds along the back are 

 similar to those in the other 

 meadow frogs. 



Structure: Web of foot var- 

 iable. 



Voice: To A. C. Weed who 

 first described these frogs, 

 the note is quite distinct — is 

 a croak that "might be repre- 

 sented by grinding two stones 

 together under considerable 

 pressure." 



Breeding: Nothing re- 

 corded. 



Notes: In August 1930, we 

 searched meadows and bor- 

 ders of lakes and small streams 



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