Chorophilus Ornatus 



CHOROPHILUS ORNATUS, HOLBROOK" 



Identification Characteristics 



Colour : Upper parts olive, or dove-gray, or reddish brown. 

 A black band extends from the end of the muzzle on each side 

 through the eye and the ear, backward to the shoulder, and con- 

 tinues (more or less broken into spots) to the thigh. A light 

 blotch on the side of the head above the dark margin of the jaw. 

 There may or may not be elongated spots of dark brown on the 

 back, a triangular spot between the eyes and smaller spots on sides 

 and posterior back. These dark spots, when present, may or may 

 not be margined with light. Undersurfaces light, unspotted, ex- 

 cept for a few flecks of dark on the throat. Small yellow spots 

 on the posterior sides, concealed by the thighs. Posterior fem.ur 

 spotted with yellow. 



Measurements: Size small, i. e. length ij inches. Head 

 medium in length; its measurements contained slightly more than 

 three times in total measurement. Leg short; leg measurement to 

 heel equals length of body forward to ear. Tibia not longer than 

 femur. 



Structure: Skin smooth above, granulated below, less on 

 throat region. Muzzle rounded, extending slightly beyond the 

 line of the jaw. Canthus rostralis rounded. Ear smaller than 

 eye (half diam.eter). Arms short and stout. Fingers short, dilata- 

 tions minute. Foot with short web and a small inner sole tubercle. 



Range: Reported from Texas (Helotes and Dallas) and 

 Florida (Green Cove Springs) 



This frog is said to live on land, in relatively dry places, such 

 as corn-fields. That it shuns bodies of water except during the 

 breeding season might be judged from the smallness of the webs 

 on its feet. 



CHOROPHILUS OCCIDENTALIS, BAIRD AND GIRARD 



The description given for Chorophilus ornatus Holbrook ap- 

 plies almost equally here, judging from the type specimens in the 



■^ See Chorophilus occidentalism p. i6i. 



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