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NORTH AMERICAN BATRACHIA AND REPTILIA. 



otherwise as in R. areolata capita. The Georgia specimen is 

 plain brown above; below thickly and tinely mottled with brown 

 and white; otherwise as in the last. The measurements of 

 these are as follows: 



N. Illinois, 

 N. Illinois. 



Florida 



Georgia. . . 

 Texas 



1.31 in. 

 1.25 " 

 1.50 " 



1.87 " 

 2.35 " 



68. i?. haleGina^ Kalm. Common Frog. Above greenish, 

 often bright, with distinct pale-edged dark blotches; a whitish 

 line on sides of head; legs barred; beneath white or yellowish, 

 occasionally dusky markings on throat; head rather elongated; 

 tympanum" moderate; a glandular fold along upper jaw and a 

 well marked one on each side of back; generally a pair of ridges 

 on coccyx; femur less than tibia; the latter more than one-half 

 length of head and body; toes moderately webbed; L. two and 

 three-quarters inches. North America. 



69. B. palustris^ LeConte. Pickerel Frog. Above pale 

 brown, with two rows of large oblong square blotches of dark 

 brown on back, one or two on sides; spots in the same row 

 sometimes confluent; a brown spot above orbits; one near 

 snout; a dark line from nostril to eye; upper jaw white, spotted 

 with black; arms with dark blotclies; legs with transverse bars 

 above; posterior surface of thighs mottled; beneath yellowish- 

 white; head short, rather obtuse; body slender; tympanum 

 moderate; glandular folds depressed, inconspicuous; toes well 

 palmated; L. two and three-quarters inches; femur about equal 

 to tibia, and one-half total length. Eastern region. 



70. R. septentrionalis, Bd. Above brown or olive, with 

 vermiculations of lighter; sometimes a few dark blotches poste- 

 riorly; beneath white or yellowish, unblotched; a cutaneous 

 fold on each side of back; femur and tibia about equal, and 

 about one-half length of body; L. two and one-half inches. 

 Canada to Montana. 



71. R. clmnitans., Meri'em. Green Frog. Above green or 

 brownish, dai"ker posteriorly ; generally with irregularly disposed 

 small blackish spots; arms with dark blotches; legs with narrow 

 ti-ansverse bars; beneath white, sometimes tinged with yellow, 

 and frequently marked with dusky in front ; posterior surface of 

 tliighs mottled with black; tympanum large; an elevated 

 cutaneous fold on each side of back; toes well palmated; femur 



