Narrow Mouth Frog, 



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Narrow Mouth Toad. 



Narrow-mouthed Frog. 

 Narrow-mouthed Toad. 

 Nebulous Toad. Tooth- 

 less Frog. Rainy Day 

 Frog. Rain Frog. Frog- 

 toad. CarolinaTreeFrog. 

 Carolina Toad. 



Plate LXXX. (xi). i, 2, 

 6,7. Females. 3. Male croak- 

 ing. 4. Tadpole. 5. Egg mass. 



Gastrophryne carolinensis 

 (Holbrook). 



Range: Virginia to Florida 

 to Texas. North to Missouri 

 and southern Indiana. 



Habitat: Nocturnal, a lover 

 of rain, cover and moist 

 situations. It is a subter- 

 ranean species. Hides in de- 

 caying logs or beneath them 

 or under haycocks or other 

 shelter. 



Size: Adults, 4/5-1 2/5 

 inches. (Males, 20-30 mm. 

 Females, 22-36 mm.). 



General appearance: This 

 frog is small, dark colored, and 

 relatively smooth skinned. 

 A fold of skin extends 

 across the head just back of 

 the eye. The head is small, 

 the snout pointed. As one 

 child remarked, its head 

 looks like a tiny turtle head. 

 The fold of skin accentuates 

 this. There is no tympanum. 

 The hind legs are propor- 

 tionally stout. The fingers 

 and toes are without webs. 

 The back may be black, 



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