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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



the earliest frog to make its appearance in the spring; usually found on 



or near the ground. 



H. squirella Latreille. Body small, green or brown in color with 



or without spots; a dark line runs from the nostril to the eye and 



a light line along the jaw and under the eye to the shoulder; length 



30 mm.: Virginia to Florida; westward 

 to Texas and northward to Indiana. 



H.andersonii. Baird. Body small, 

 unspotted bright green in color edged 

 on the sides of the body by a band of 

 white; gray beneath; length 40 mm.: 

 New Jersey to South Carolina; rare. 



Fig. 90. — Hyla versicolor 

 Dickerson) . 



{from 



Fig. 91. — Hyla crucifer {from 

 Park Museum Bulletin). 



H. cinerea (Schneider). Body slender, dark brownish green, bright 

 green or greenish yellow in color, with or without a conspicuous white 

 or yellowish band along each side; length 45 mm.; legs very long: 

 Maryland to Florida; the Gulf States and up the valley of the Missis- 

 sippi to Illinois; common. 



Subspecies of H. cinerea 



H. c. cinerea (Schneider). With a light stripe along the side: 

 Dismal Swamp, south and west. 



H. c. evittata Miller. Without a light stripe: Chesapeake Bay, on 

 tidal fiats, on aquatic vegetation; abundant. 



H. gratiosa LeC. Body very large; skin of back granulated or 

 glandular; color green or brown, entire back generally covered with 

 large spots; length 60 mm.: South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



H. haudinii Dumeril & Bibron. Body large, very dark brown, 

 green or gray in color, without spots when the shade is light or dark, 

 but otherwise with a broad mark extending from between the eyes to 

 the middle of the back; length 55 mm.: southwestern Texas. 



H. femoralis Lat. Body small, and brown or gray in color, with a 

 triangular spot between the eyes and a large irregular blotch on the back 



