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i. Tadpoles 50 mm. in length; body in 

 tail 2.3-3.25, average 2.5; depth of 

 body in width of body .83-1.0, aver- 

 age .9; depth of tail 10-14 mm.; 

 beautiful green tadpoles; young tad- 

 poles with a black saddle spot on the 

 back of the musculature near its base 

 and with a Ught Hne from eye to tail; 

 one row of papillae below lower third 

 labial row; papillae extending above 

 upper fringe for . 25-. 285 of the fringe's 

 length; dorsal crest extending to a 

 vertical halfway between eye and 

 spiracle. Eggs single, submerged. 

 South CaroHna— Florida— Louisiana. 



(Viosca) Hyla gratiosa. 



ii . Tadpoles 35-45 mm. ; body in tail i . i- 

 -2 . o, average 1.6; depth of body in 

 width of body i . o-i . 8 ; depth of tail 5- 

 9 mm. ; no black saddle spot in young 

 tadpoles. 



(j. Tadpole small (35 mm.); dorsal 

 crest extending to vertical halfway 

 between spiracle and the base of 

 the hind legs; depth of tail in tail 

 length 2.5-3.5; average 3.0; nostril 

 to eye i . 2-2 . i in nostril to snout ; 

 mouth in interorbital space 1.33- 

 2.6; internasal space in interorbital 

 distance i . 33-2 . 2 ; eye just touches 

 lateral axis or is below it; horny 

 beak in upper fringe, 1.5-1.7; 

 papillae extending beyond the end 

 of the upper fringe . 25-. 285 of the 

 length of the upper fringe; two 

 rows of papillae below third lower 

 third lower labial row; median 

 space between second upper labial 

 row 1 . 2 5-2 . o in either lateral 

 portion; third lower labial row . 20- 

 . 22 of the first lower row; first row 

 of lower labial teeth i . o-i . 5 times 

 the horny beak. Eggs strewn in water 

 amongst sphagnum (Noble &Noble . ) 

 New Jersey — South Carolina . 



Hyla andersonii. 



