BATRACHIANS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK 1097 
Anderson’s Tree Toad, Hyla anderson: Baird (Fig. 21), is 
of moderate size. The disks on the toes are well developed. 
Bright pea-green above with a narrow, though very 
distinct, white border on the sides and upper surfaces 
of the limbs. A narrow, purplish brown band extends 
from behind each nostril, across the eye and to the base of the 
fore limb. The lower sides are purplish brown, though of a 
lighter shade than the band, and are ornamented with irregular 
spots of a lighter and richer hue. The abdomen is pinkish 
white, though its edges are suffused with the purple tinge of the 
sides. 
This species is of great rarity, and but very few specimens 
have ever been captured. It is a most attractively colored 
creature, and on account of the pale green of the upper surface 
resembles the European Tree Toad. Mature specimens are 
from an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half in length. 
Range: The species is so rare that its range has not yet been 
determined, but is supposed to extend from southern New York 
to Florida. The species has been found in South Carolina. 
Local Distribution: One specimen has been taken at Jackson, 
N. J., another at May’s Landing and still another (represented 
in the figure) at Lakehurst, in the same State. 
Anderson’s 
Tree Toad. 
The Gray Tree Toad, Hyla versicolor Le Conte (Figs. 22 and 
28), is of moderate size and stout form. The ends of the toes 
are disk-like and adhesive. Color above, usually pale 
lichen-gray, with large wavy and irregular markings 
of darker shade. On the hind limbs these darker 
markings are so disposed that they appear to form two bands 
when the limbs are folded. Abdomen uniform grayish white; 
lower portion of hind limbs tinged with bright yellow. 
The skin is very rough and is covered with minute, warty 
points on the back. Male specimens differ from the females in 
having loose, dark skin under the throat. 
The species exhibits great variation in color according to 
light, temperature and the temperament of the individual. 
From the pale, ashy gray ordinarily present, the color varies to 
brown, very dark gray, or to vivid green. With the variation 
