THE BATRACIII\ OF NORTH AMEFUCA. 



403 



Tliis species is found iiloiij;' tbc eastern and southern coasts from 

 Maine to tbe mouth of the Itio (Irande, and up the Mississippi to south- 

 ern Illinois, and in the intermediate country. On the plains and west- 

 ward and southward it is replaced by the following subspecies. 



The Eana rirescens virescens is the 7i^. utricularia of Harlau. 



i 



liana viri'sccns rircscenn Kalni. 



Catftlojriio 

 miinlicr. 



4G!I8 

 lilU 

 3428 



8079 



3430 

 3U9 

 3431 

 3425 

 E197 

 0343 



3430 

 8239 

 4K30 

 8809 

 3)29 

 9342 

 34r)() 

 3442 

 4871 

 9257 

 9073 

 25liO 

 31113 

 13.V.I3 

 13372 

 1 tr).")2 

 32H2 

 11480 

 1U04(! 

 1(11147 

 11. -.25 

 111107 

 1 1907 



3692 



No. of 



H|II'C. 



1 



7 



10 

 3 

 6 

 2 



1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 II) 

 1 

 2 



T 



4 



Locality. 



Wnsliiiigfon, D. (' 

 lticol)()i()iit;li. (ill. . 



I'rllrtaculil, Kill . . 



Soiitlii'iii IllinoiH. 

 KoitSniilh, Ark. 

 Ku.sMi llvilli', Ky . 



Ciiilisli', Pa 



Saint Louis, Mo. . 

 ('Iiaili'simi, S. (/' . 

 Taos, \. .Mi'X . 



Wlipii col- 

 lected. 



From whom received. 



Natiiro of 

 Rpecimeii. 



A t lial)a Hc a II i v cr. 



liiitlrtli America. I 



TarboroM;;li, X. C ! 



Cairo, 111 1 



Ilrookvillo, I'.i 



Tiekfaw, La Dec. 22,1876 



(iraml Detoui', III 



(iraiiil C'otcaii, La 



Soutlicrii Illinois 



Saint Aii^iisliiie, I'la . .. i 



Mexico 



WatliiiiL'lon, U.(J I 



Caiio.lll .. 



Soiitlicni lllinoi.s ! ... 



Madrid, N. Y 



John Little 



rrol'.S. I. liiiinl 



Hr. ,T. K. ILiiiimond, 

 S. A. 



li. Kciiiii<'ott 



Dr. li. K. Sliiimard ... 



Dr. nihil 



I'rol'. S. F. liaird 



Dr. (i. Kn^clnianii ... 



Dr.t". Cirard 



Dr. H. C. Varrow 



1{. Kciiiii( iitt. 

 J. L. liridjier . 



1(^77 



(!) i. 



Wheatland, Illd... 



Dalla.s, Tex ...j 



Matamoi'os, Mexico 



Mount (!ariiiel. 111 



... do 



New Madrid, Mo 



NaMhville, Ca ... 



r. S. .\rseiial, Washiiii;- 



Ion, !).(.'. 

 Iiiilian River, P'la . 



1880 

 1879 



Dr. K. Ilaymoi.d 



Heaii and Max.soii 



Dr. I'. K. llov 



St. Charles Coll 



' It. Kinnii'otl 



K. K. Smith 



, Lieut. I!. C h, U. S. 



' Dr. 1'. II. liean 



It. Kennieott 



I do 



j I'.K. Hoy 



' (?) 



■ Kcdit. Ridfiway 



' K. D.Cope ...' 



Lieut, ii. Ciiiiih 



' (!) 



Ihihl. It id;;\vav 



' . do ' 



I?). 



.v.. 



W..LTa\lor 



Dr.T. ILHcan .... 



(1. Wurdeiiiauu. 



Alcoholic. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



liaua rirescens brachi/cephala Cope. 



Iktiiia iKtlcchia hcrlaiidicri Cope, Chock LLsl, liatr., lieptiL N. Aiiier., p. 32; ncc Eana 



Inrlaiidicii, Hairil. 

 Hdiiii hiilrc'nia Binili'nj;('r, (.'at. IJatr. Sal. Hrit. Mas., -^ ■. p. 41: Broecbi, Misioii Sci. 



<1(^ .Mcxiiiiic ]?atiii('ii'iis, ]). 10, 



This is the most widely-distributed form o\ ,..e Rana virescens, as may 

 be seen by the accompanying list of specimens. It differs from the R. 

 V. virescens by appreciable characters, but these occasionally present 

 such exceptions, that I am unabh^ to separate them tis a .-ipecies, as has 

 been done by Mr. Uouleiiger. The (tharacteis already ascribed to the 

 sp('(!ies belong to this I'orm, but tlie further dilferences are as follows: 



I .select as typical a .spetMineii from ihe Yellowstone River (No. .5303). 

 The muzzle is less elongate, and the extended bind leg brings the heel 





III 



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