Hyla cinerea 251 



.7-.62-.78-.72-.8-. 70 in hind foot; first toe i. 5-1. 71-1. 3-1. 5-1. 6-1. 57-1. 37 in 

 second toe; first toe 3.0-2.4-1 .8-2.4-2.5-2. 14-2.0 in third toe; first toe 3.75- 

 2.85-2.4-3.2-2.85-2.37 in fourth toe; first toe 2. 75-2. 28-1. 7-2. 2-2. 2-2. 0-1.875 

 in fifth toe; second toe 2.0-1.41-1.38-1.6-1.56-1.36-1.45 in third toe; second 

 toe 2. 5-1. 66-1. 84-2. 13-2. o-i. 8-1. 72 in fourth toe; second toe i. 85-2. 28-1. 7- 

 1. 6-1. 375-1. 27-1.45 in fifth toe; third toe i. 25-1. 17-1. 33-1. 33-1. 28-1.33- 

 1.2 in fourth toe; third toe .91-.94-.94-.91-.88-.93-.93 in fifth toe; fourth 

 toe .93-1.15-1.12-1.12-1.12-1.15-1.1 in hind foot; fourth toe i. 33-1. 7-1. 54- 

 1.43-1.56-1.45-1.57 in tibia; fourth toe i. 3-1. 55-1. 46-1.43-1. 5-1. 15-1.3 in 

 forehmb; fifth toe i. 36-1. 25-1. 41-1. 45-1. 45-1. 42-1. 26 in fourth toe; inter- 

 nasal width 1. 33-1. 75-1. 66-1. 25-1. 4-1. 4-1. 77 in first toe; internasal width 

 2.0-3.0-2. 16-1. 875-2. 28-2. 2-2. 4 in second toe; internasal width 4.0-4.25- 

 3.0-3.0-3.5-3.0-3.55 in third toe; internasal width 6.0-5.0-4.0-4.0-4.5-4.0- 

 4.25 in fourth toe; internasal width 3.66-4.0-2.83-2.75-3.1-2.8-3.4 in fifth toe. 



HABITAT 



LeConte (1825, pp. 279) gives its habitat as follows: "Inhabits in great 

 numbers in Carolina and Georgia, particularly on water plants, such as 

 Pontederia cordata, the Nymphaea, and others, that generally grow in ditches, 

 and on the margins of rice fields." Holbrook (1842, Vol. IV, p. 120) records 

 that "These animals are found on trees, but most commonly about the broad- 

 leaved plants, as the Pontederia cordata, Nymphaea, etc; they are also very 

 numerous in fields of Indian corn {Zea mats), where they conceal themselves 

 from their enemies by passing in between the broad green leaves of the plant, 

 the colour of which is so nearly their own, that it is not easy to find them." 

 In 1856 LeConte (p. 428) records that "In the spring it is found in rice fields 

 in astonishing quantities." 



Deckert (1914, No. 3, p. 3) "found (them) in scattered bands, among 

 water hyacinths on creeks." In 19 15 Deckert (p. 4) "occasionally met with 

 (it) on corn fields, its chief haunts, however, seem to be the shores of the 

 creeks, where it occurs in scattered companies on the water hyacinths and 

 bulrushes." 



In Louisiana Viosca (1923, p. 39) finds that the denser areas in the fresh 

 water marshes adjacent to the wooded swamps "furnish the ideal habitat for 

 Hyla cinerea and Rano sphenocephala. ..." 



In 1 9 1 2 we made the following notes about their habitat in the Okefinokee 

 Swamp: This tree frog is very common in the Okefinokee Swamp. We found 

 them in the large bay and cypress trees along the watercourses and about 

 Billy's Island. In some of the swampy edges of the islands and about Lee's 

 clearing they also occurred. On Honey Island Prairie the trees seemed to 

 teem with them during the evening chorus. The following day in the fore- 

 noon when the sun was very hot they were frequently taken and more often 

 seen on the lily-pads and other aquatic plants at the surface of the prairie. 

 Some were secured on the bushes and trees near our camp, on low heaths and 

 rarely near or on the ground. 



