THE AMPHIBIA OF OKLAHOMA 



(1929), Wright and Wright (1942), Bragg and Smith (1943), Strecker 

 (1926). Descriptions: eggs, Wright and Wright (1929); larvae, Wright 

 (1929); adults, Wright and Wright (1924), Smith (1934). 



7. Bufo tvoodhousii fowleri Hinckley (Fowler's Toad) 



Distribution: eastern Oklahoma only, west to Atoka County in the south, 

 questionably in Ottawa County in north, almost certainly not west of this. 

 Habitat: wooded areas, particularly in valleys and low areas generally. Breed- 

 ing: from late spring (late April, May) to July in shallow pools, creeks, edges 

 of larger streams and lakes. Eggs: up to 8,000 in a string, black and white with 

 no visible partitions between adjacent eggs. Tadpoles: often coarsely mottled 

 in browns when young, finely mottled later; tend to remain on bottom and 

 to cluster in shallows when young; active, and hide in vegetation on disturb- 

 ance when older. Descriptions: eggs and larvae, Wright and Wright (1942); 

 adults. Walker (1946). 



8. Bujo tvoodhousii woodhousii Girard (Rocky Mountain Toad) 



Distribution: all of Oklahoma where Fowler's Toad (q-v.) does not 

 occur. Very abundant in central and western Oklahoma, unknown in south- 

 east where Fowler's Toad replaces it. Habitat: unrestricted but most abun- 

 dant in valleys and on flood plains; also seems partial to areas of sandy soils. 

 Breeding: from March to at least mid-August in almost any water available 

 in local situations, typically in shallow pools but occasionally in metal cattle 

 tanks fed by windmills, in concrete pools in gardens, and in shallow flowing 

 streams. Eggs: in long strings often doubly or triply arranged, color black 

 and white with no partition between adjacent eggs; in numbers up to 2,500. 

 Tadpoles: mottled finely in browns and very active, very much like those of 

 Fowler's Toad at later stages. Descriptions: eggs. Smith (1934); larvae, 

 Youngstrom and Smith (1936), Johnson (1939); adults, Smith (1934), 

 Wright and Wright (1943). 



9. Hyla cinerea cinerea Schneider (Green Tree Toad), and 



10. Hyla crucifer crucijer Wied (Spring Peeper) 



Distribution: the former known only from McCurtain County, the latter 

 from eastern Oklahoma generally. Habitat: trees along streams. Breeding: 

 observed in Oklahoma only a few times. (See Wright and Wright, 1942, for 

 general accounts.) 



11. Hyla versicolor chrysoscelis (Cope) (Smooth Tree Toad)^*^ 



Distribution and habitat: only recently reported from two valleys in Okla- 

 homa: (1) along Little River north of Idabel, McCurtain County, and (2) 

 in valley north of Rich Mountain, LeFlore County. Its eggs are unknown. Its 

 tadpoles indistinguishable with certainty from H. v. versicolor {may not have 

 red in tail). Its breeding behavior in both valleys was observed to be much 

 like that of its close relative H. v. versicolor. Description: adults, Wright and 

 Wright (1942). 



•'•* Vernacular name here proposed for the first time. 



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