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158. Hyla versicolor chrysoscelis Cope. Cope's Chame- 



leon Tree Frog. 

 Cope described this smooth-skinned tree frog as a 

 variety of Hyla femoralis Latr., the type coming 

 from Dallas. Dr. Stejneger later referred to it as a 

 variety of versicolor. Waco specimens fit Cope's de- 

 scription of his subspecies in every detail, and if the 

 specimens are really the same, I cannot understand 

 how he could confuse it with femoralis, which is a 

 much smaller animal, lacks the white spot under the 

 eye, has the upper lip unicolor and has three phal- 

 anges of the fourth toe free. Hyla femoralis may 

 inhabit the pine belt of East Texas, but I have never 

 been able to procure any specimens front there. Hyla 

 chrysoscelis is rather common in East-Central Texas, 

 but it would be impossible at the present time to at- 

 tempt to outline its State range. It also occurs in 

 Arkansas. 



159. Hyla arenicolor Cope. Arizona Tree Frog. 



Recorded from Del Rio by Witmer Stone. Cope 

 states that the Hyla copii described by Boulenger 

 from El Paso is the same species. I have frequently 

 heard the voice of a Hyla, which I am satisfied must 

 have belonged to this species, in the canyons of West 

 Texas, both in the Panhandle and trans-Pecos re- 

 gions. 



160. Smilisca baudinii Dumeril and Bibron. Mexican Tree 



Frog. 

 Southern Texas, north to Refugio and Bexar Coun- 

 ties. The type of Baird's Hyla vanvlietii was col- 

 lected at Brownsville. Specimens from the northern 

 part of its range are of two types, one with the prom- 

 inent black patch of color over the arm insertion, the 

 other lacking it. In both types, the dorsal coloration 

 is the same. 



BUFONID^ 



161. BUFO PUNCTATUS Baird and Girard. Spotted Toad. 



Western half of Texas, east, locally, to Dallas, 



