124 HYLA SQUIRELLA. 
The skin is smooth; the body short and depressed while living; the back is 
olive-brown, with irregular blotches of darker olive; the flanks are grey. The 
inferior surface of the body is granulated, greenish-white in front, with a few dark 
spots at the throat; the posterior part of the abdomen is darker. 
The anterior extremities are olive-brown above, with occasional dusky spots, 
and flesh-coloured beneath; the fingers are four in number, distinct, and each 
terminating in a viscous pellet. The posterior extremities are long, greenish 
above, obscurely blended with dark brown, and flesh-coloured beneath, tinged with 
yellow externally; the lower surface of the thigh is granulated; the toes are five in 
number, and semi-palmated. 
Dimensions. Length of body and head, 14 inches; of the thigh, ¢ of an inch; 
of the leg, + of an inch; of the tarsus and toes, 7% of an inch. 
GrocraruicaL Distrisution. Its most northern limit must be considered as 
latitude 34°, as I have no evidence of its being found farther north. It abounds 
in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida;—how far west of these states it may 
exist cannot at present be determined. 
Hasirs. This animal is found on trees, often seeking shelter under the bark 
of such as are decaying; it frequently chooses old logs for its place of hibernation. 
Often I have found it about old houses, and under logs and boards. 
Geyerat Remarks. The colours of this animal are even more changeable 
than in any species with which Iam acquainted—I have seen it pass in a few 
moments from a light green, unspotted and as intense almost as that of Hyla 
lateralis, to ash-colour, and to a dull brown with darker spots; the spots also at 
times taking on different tints from the general surface. The markings, too, 
vary exceedingly in different individuals, the white line on the upper lip and the 
band between the orbits alone are constant. Daudin remarks that the leg is 
