COPEIA 23 



Its call is similar to that of the Cricket "frog," but 

 much louder, and the crepitations are slower. It is 

 a shy species, extremely difficult to catch. The color 

 is gray or greenish-black, with usually three longitu- 

 dinal rows of black, light-edged, roundish spots. Oc- 

 casionally these spots fuse into bands. The limbs are 

 also spotted. On the upper jaw there is a pale yel- 

 lowish line, extending to the arm insertion. A nar- 

 row black band starts at the tip of the snout, runs 

 through the eye, covers the tympanum and ends at 

 the shoulder or beyond. The undersurfaces are 

 greenish yellow. The back and outer parts of the 

 limbs are covered with large round warts, giving the 

 creature a very rough appearance. The belly is 

 coarsely granulated. The tips of the fingers and toes 

 have small disks. The foot is slightly webbed. The 

 head is even more pointed, and much narrower, than 

 in the preceding species. 



Chorophilus ocularis, Holbrook. This is the 

 smallest of the North American frogs, rarely exceed- 

 ing % inch from snout to vent. The head is pointed, 

 the eyes large, the limbs and body slender. The disks 

 on the fingers and toes are small but distinct. The 

 skin of the back is covered with very fine warts, that 

 of the belly finery granulated. The color is yellow, 

 reddish brown or chestnut. The upper jaw is mar- 

 gined with white. There are three longitudinal dark 

 brown dorsal bands, one from the tip of the snout to 

 above the vent, usually bifurcate posteriorly, and one 

 on each side of this, starting behind the eye. Under- 

 neath, it is pale yellow. The male's throat is dark 

 brown, and can be distended to the size of a large pea. 

 The arms and legs are indistinctly cross-banded. 



These small "frogs" are very numerous near 

 Jacksonville, but owing to their small size, are seldom 

 seen. During the Spring months, they abound on the 

 marginal vegetation of the "bayous," the males giving 



