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It is of the size and general proportions and features of Spelerpes longi- 

 caudus. It has, however, thirteen instead of twelve costal grooves. 

 Above, the color is ])rowuish yellow. There are three stripes of dark 

 brown, one in the median line, another on each side, beginning at the. 

 eyes and extending to the tip of the tail. The under surface is yellow, 

 mottled with brown. Professor Cope says that its habits resemble those 

 of Flethodon cinereus. It appears, then, to be essentially terrestrial. 



Hyla carolinensis, (Pennant). 

 Caroli-na Tree-frog. 



Calamita carolinensis, Pennant, 1792, 39, ii, 331 ; C. cinerea, Schneider, 

 1799, 41, i, 174; Jlyla viridis, Holbrook, 1842, 54, iv, 119, pi. 29; 

 Hyla carolinensis, Giinther, 1868, 60, 105 ; Boulenger, 1882, 27, 377 ; 

 Cope, 1889, 51, 366, with figures. 



This species has not been seen in Indiana up to this time. It appears 

 to be a common frog in the Southern States from Washington, D. C. 

 (W. P. Hay) to Texas, but it has been taken at St. Louis. Mo., by Dr. 

 Englemann ; and Prof. Harry Garman (61, 189) reports having found it 

 in Union county, Illinois. It is, therefore, to be looked for in the 

 southern portion of our State. 



The size is usually greater than that of H. versicolor, the head and 

 body being sometimes more than two inches. The head tapers to the 

 rather pointed snout, and is rather longer than broad. The body is 

 slender and the limbs long. The heel reaches in front of the eye. The 

 fingers are distinctly webbed ; the toes are webbed to the disks. The 

 digital disks are a little smaller than the tympanum. The surface above 

 is smooth or faintly granulated. The belly and lower parts of thighs 

 are strongly granulated ; the throat moderately so. The color above is 

 brownish or olive-green in spirits, but grass-green in life. There are 

 some spots of a light color ; at the snout starts a streak of white which 

 runs along the upper lip, under the ear, and over the arm to the side of 

 the body. A similar streak runs along the hinder border of the arm, and 

 still another along the hinder border of the tibia and foot. 



Rana septentrionalis, Baird. 

 Northern Frog. 



Rana septentrionalis, Baird, 1855, 1, 51 ; Gamier, 1883, 2^, 945 ; 

 Boulenger, 1882, 27, 37; Cope, 1889, 51, 416, with figures. 



liana septentrionalis is a species of frog which ranges from New York 



to Minnesota, and which may therefore be expected to occur in Northern 



Indiana. It resembles closely B. clamata. The patches of vomerine 



teeth, however, are minute and do not project behind a line joining the 



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