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Family PLEURODELID^. 



Diemictylus viridescens (Rafinesque). 



Newt. 



Mr. S. H. Hamilton found the red land form very abundant at 

 Woodport on Lake Hopatcong. Several were noted at Oxford 

 in Warren county. They usually appeared in abundance after 

 rains. 



Family BUFONID^. 

 Bufo americanus Holbrook. 



Toad. 



Many were heard with the chorus of "peepers" on the tide 

 marshes about May's Landing, Atlantic county, on April 22d, 

 1905. Later they were heard up the Great Egg Harbor River 

 nearly to Mare Run. Heard calling occasionally about Green 

 Creek in Cape May county. May 5th, 1907. Abundant, though 

 small, about Wildwood Junction and Green Creek in Cape May 

 county, on June 9th, 1907. On June 23d medium-sized examples 

 were found over most of the woodland, varying in general color 

 but little from a dull sandy-gray. A small fresh pond had evi- 

 dently been the scene of the recent metamorphosing of the numer- 

 ous little ones found jumping near by. In some places they fairly 

 swarmed, and hopped about in any direction. I found this species 

 on the salt marsh at Barnegat Pier, Ocean county, on July 30th 

 1907. A few were seen about Ocean City during August of 1907. 

 I have recently compared all the material reported from New 

 Jersey with that from Pennsylvania and Delaware, and with the 

 exception of a single example, taken in the latter State at Medford 

 Mills, find them all to belong to Bufo americamis. This species 

 upon comparison with examples from the southern United States 

 also seems to differ sufficiently from B. lentiginosiis, a name 

 which I adopted for our form in my last account. Therefore, the 

 name B. americanus may be used in its place. The single example 



