Texas Narrow-mouthed Toad. Texas 



Toothless Frog. 



Plate LXXXI. i, 7. Fe- 

 males (xii). 2, 6. Males 

 (Xii). 3- Eggs (X|). 4, 5- 

 Transforming frogs (xi). 



Gastrophryne texensis 

 (Girard). 



Range: East-central, cen- 

 tral, and southern Texas. 

 (Baylor Bull, 1915, p. 47). 

 We secured one tadpole in 

 western Trans-Pecos, Texas. 

 Now known from Texas to 

 Kansas (Kellogg, Smith, et al) . 



Habitat: Nocturnal in 

 habit. Seek protection under 

 logs or dead stumps sunken 

 in the ground; in the far 

 southern tip under fallen 

 trunks of Spanish bayonet. 

 Breed in ponds, roadside 

 ditches, or temporary rain 

 pools. 



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

 inches. (Males, 20-28 mm. 

 Females, 19-29.5 mm.). 



General appearance: This 

 is a small, usually dark 

 colored, smooth skinned 

 "Frog-toad" with small 

 pointed, flattened head. The 

 under parts are uniformly 

 white, the head and body de- 

 pressed, the limbs slender in 

 appearance. The back is 

 grayish olive with black spots, 

 the pectoral region and front 

 half of the breast, whitish 

 with a greenish cast. The 

 eyes are small and bead-like. 



Structure: Body more de- 

 pressed than in G. caro- 



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