BATRACHIANS AND REPTILES OF OHIO. II9Q 
This is the so-called ‘‘ Little Tree-Toad,’’ a name that would 
probably be appropriate if the little fellow ever climbed trees ! 
It is to be found in swamps on low herbage or on the ground. It 
has a note somewhat similar to the preceding species, but the 
pitch is higher and the rattle is less definite. The note is seldom 
heard in daylight hours except on dark days. The writer has 
never heard it, as Cope says, in the hottest hours. 
Smith (’82) gives this form as rare in Ohio. At the present 
time this is scarcely true since it has been found common in vari- 
ous parts of the State. Thus along the Ohio shore of Lake Erie 
it is common in the swamps. Prof. J. S. Hine found several at 
Kent, and in the north-eastern part of the State. 
The species is very variable. An extreme was taken on 
Cedar Point, Sandusky, which. was brick-red all over, with the 
faintest hint at the dorsal bifurcated marking. 
Cope (’89, p. 339) gives as a species distinct from /77zseriatus 
Wied., the species fevtavum Baird. Hay (v., Jordan, ’g99, p. 360), 
however, considers these two species as simply varieties of z7g- 
ritus Le C. He would make, then, our eastern form C. xigritus 
feriarum (Baird). 
Specimens in Oberlin College, collected by Lynds Jones in Lorain Co. 
In O.S. U. Mus., collected by J. S. Hine at Kent, and by the author at 
Cedar Point; also at Sugar Grove. 
Hyla pickeringii Storer. Disks on fingers and toes large and conspic- 
uous. Skin rough. Toes webbed. Ground color above, yellowish, with 
two narrow lines, forming an oblique cross, darker in color. Brownish 
blotches also on dorsal surface. Below yellowish. Lines along sides of 
head. Legs barred. Length 1 inch. 
In the spring and summer this little animal is to be found in 
moist places among fallen leaves. As fall approaches it ascends 
trees where it remains until hibernation time, which is late, since 
it is quite hardy. Its note is a squeak combined with a whistle, 
and, as Cope says, ‘‘ bearing considerable resemblance to the note 
of the Purple Finch.’’ 
Found only here and there over the State. It seems to be 
erratic in point of occurrence, although in the States east of Ohio 
it is common. 
Specimens in the U. S. Nat. Mus., recorded by Cope from Marietta. In 
Oberlin College, collected by Lynds Jones in Lorain Co. In O.S. U. Mus., 
collected by E. V. Wilcox at Hanging Rock and Sugar Grove. 
