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"shorter than the thigh;" I have found them nearly equal in length, and this 

 character is by no means so conspicuous as in Hyla versicolor. 



Daudin first described this animal, and gave a figure of it from a drawing 

 furnished him by Bosc. Leconte has given the latest and most detailed account 

 of it, establishing three principal varieties, in one of which the spots, as well as 

 the yellow on the thighs, disappear altogether. 



