ABT. 31 NORTH AMERICAN TADPOLES — WRIGHT 11 



third lower row of teeth; third lower labial row of teetli 0.33 of the first 

 lower row; dorsum of body in life mth definite scattered black spots; muscula- 

 ture with three bands, apricot buff (light) chestnut brown (dark) martivis 

 yellow (light) ; first and second lower labial rows 2.0 greater than the horny 

 beak; horny beak in upper fringe 2.0; median space between second row 

 of upper labial teeth 3-4 in either lateral portion. 

 Eggs single. 

 South Carolina- Florida-Louisiana (Viosca). (PL 1, fig. 13.) 



Pseudacris ocularis. 



h^. Tadpoles 35-50 mm.; eye 1.0-1.75 nearer spiracle than snout; spiracle 1.0- 

 1.6 nearer vent than the tip of the snout; spiracle 1.25-2.5 nearer eye than 

 vent or base of hind legs; papillae extend above the upper fringe for 1.4- 

 0.285 of the length of the fringe. 



?'. Tadpoles 50 mm. in length; body in tail 2.3-3.25, average 2.5; depth of body 

 in width of body 0.83-1.0, average 0.9; depth of tail 10-14 mm.; beautiful 

 green tadpoles; young tadpoles with a black saddle spot on the back of the 

 musculature near its base and with a light line from eye to tail; one row of 

 papillae below lower third labial row; papillae extending above upper fringe 

 for 0.25-0.285 of the fringe's length; dorsal crest extending to a vertical half- 

 Avay between eye and spiracle. 

 Eggs single, submerged. 

 South Carolina-Florida-Louisiana (Viosca). (PI. 4, fig. 2.).-Hyla gratiosa. 



i'. Tadpoles 35-45 mm.; body in tail 1.1-2.0, average 1.6; depth of body in 

 width of body 1.0-1.8; depth of tail 5-9 mm.; no black saddle spot in j'ouug 

 tadpoles. 



jK 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 1.2-2.1 in nostril to snout; mouth in interorbital 

 space 1.33-2.6; internasal space in interorbital distance 1.33-2.2; 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 0.25-0.285 of the 

 length of the upper fringe; two rows of papillae below third lower labial 

 row; median space between second upper labial row 1.25-2.0 in either 

 lateral portion; third lower labial row 0.20-0.22 of the first lower row; first 

 row of lower labial teeth 1.0-1.5 times the horny beak. Eggs strewn in 

 water amongst sphagnum (Noble and Noble). 

 New Jersej^-South Carolina. (PL 4, fig. 3.) Hyla andersonii. 



.7'. Tadpole medium (40 and 45 mm.). Dorsal crest extends ahead of spiracle or 

 to eye; depth of tail in tail length 1.5-3.2, average 2.75; nostril to eye 

 1.0-1.7 in nostril to snout; mouth in interorbital space 1.4-2.0: internasal 

 in interorbital space 1.25-2.0; eye on lateral axis; papillae extending be- 

 yond end of upper fringe 1.4-2.5 of the length of the upper fringe; median 

 space in second upper labial row 3-5 in either lateral portion; third labial 

 row 0.25-0.40 of the first labial lower row; first row of lower labial teeth 

 1.0-1.3 greater than the horny beak. 



kK Dorsal crest to the vertical halfway between spiracle and the eye; depth of 

 body in body length 1.7-2.5; muscalature of tail in depth of tail 1.75-2.4, 

 average 1.9; spiracle 1.4-2.3 nearer eye than vent; mouth 1.0-1.4 larger 

 than internasal space, average 1.25; two rows of papillae below the third 

 lower row of labial teeth; papillae extend beyond the end of the upper 

 fringe 0.22-0.25 of the length of the fringe; horny beak in upper fringe 

 2.0-2.3; third labial lower row 0.25-0.40 the length of the first lower row. 

 Eggs surface or submerged irregular mass. 

 Virginia-Florida-Texas-Illinois. (PL 4, fig. 4.) Hyla cinerea 



