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forelimb; fifth toe i. 2-1. 28-1. 35-1. 4 in fourth toe; internasal width i.o-i.o- 

 1.15-1.14 in first toe; internasal width 2.0-1. 75-1. 66-1. 7 in second toe; inter- 

 nasal width 3.3-3.5-2.5-2.57 in third toe; internasal width 4.0-4.5-3.16-3.4 in 

 fourth toe; internasal width 3.33-3.5-2.33-2.42 in fifth toe. 



HABITAT 



LeConte (1825, p. 279) says it "Inhabits under logs, and the bark of decay- 

 ing trees; I have never seen it in, or near the water." Holbrook (1842, Vol. 

 IV, p. 124) holds "This animal is found on trees, often seeking shelter under 

 the bark of such as are decaying; it frequently chooses old logs for its place of 

 hibernation. Often I have found it about old houses, and under logs and 

 boards." Deckert (19 14, No. 3, p. 3) at Jacksonville 191 1 and 19 12 found 

 them "in gardens and corn fields." The same author (19 15, p. 3) in his 

 Further Notes on Salientia of Jacksonville, Fla., writes: " Hyla squirella 

 Bosc, the commonest of the southern tree toads, is found everywhere, in 

 corn fields, sugar cane, about wells and under eaves of stable roofs, barns, out- 

 houses, etc. After a heavy thunder shower in September, 191 1, hundreds of 

 these little tree toads could be seen hopping along the country roads outside 

 of Jacksonville. That same night the writer took 32 specimens from a velvet 

 bean vine on the backside of his cottage." We found these frogs on porches, 

 in China berry-trees, oaks and other trees, as well as vines around the houses, 

 in fields and gardens around buildings, in open ponds, in pine barrens, in 

 pine and oak groves, along roads, in shallow roadside and pine barren pools. 

 On June 22, 1922, a boy at Camp Pinckney brought me a Scraper taken in his 

 own house. 



Viosca (1923, pp. 37, 38, 40) found this species in the alluvial ridges of the 

 lowlands of southeastern Louisiana. "The fauna of these ridges differs least 

 from that of the uplands and there are many species in common. Some forms, 

 such as Hyla squirella . . . are typical .... Where the beach connects with some 

 alluvial ridge, oaks, bushes, and other ridgeland forms make up the vegetation 

 and the fauna partakes of the nature of alluvial species Hyla squirella and 

 Gastrophyne carolinensis sometimes reaching to the very edge of the Gulf." 



FIRST APPEARANCE 



Our earhest record is June 10. In Dade County, Deckert records them in 

 May and June. At Houston, Texas, Pope (19 19, p. 90) reports "This species 

 was more abundant than any other Hylas, but was the latest to appear in the 

 spring. The first one was collected April 13." The U. S. National Museum 

 has specimens from L. Tohopikaliga, Osceola Co., Feb. 6, 1906, Biloxi, Miss., 

 Feb. 16, 1914, Dauphin, Ala., Mar. 9, 1892, and from Lake Kissimee, Osceola 

 Co., Fla., Apr. 3, 1901. We have specimens from Bay St. Louis collected in 

 January. 



GENERAL HABITS 



Metachrosis. This very apparent phase of tree frogs has been discussed 

 more than any other topic. This species is a capital example of the sudden 

 changes of which Hylas are capable. 



