242 REPTILES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



transversely barred ; beneath, granulated, yellowish white, be- 

 coming yellow near the abdomen and upon the legs ; five toes, 

 terminating, like the fingers, in pellets. 



An acrid secretion protects the skin of t'lis species from its 

 enemies. Its principal food is insects. 



H. squirella. Bosc. The I ttle peeping Hyla. 



Ann. Lye. N. Y. vol. i. p. Q79. 

 Harlan's Med. and Pliys. Res. p. 107. 

 N. A. Herpet. vol i. p. 105. 



The only specimen I have seen of this species was in a dried 

 state ; its colors were destroyed and its proportions much 

 changed from life. I have therefore no hesitation in copying 

 the description and observations of my friend. Dr. Holbrook, 

 as published in the first volume of his " North American Her- 

 petology .•" 



" Characters. Body olive green above, marked with dark 

 brown blotches irregularly disposed ; a transverse dusky band 

 between the orbits ; whitish beneath and granulated ; head 

 short, with a white line extending along the upper lip to the 

 shoulders. 



Description. The head is short, with a dark band be- 

 tween the orbits, the line from each orbit being directed back- 

 wards so as to meet at an angle ; the snout is obtuse, with an 

 indistinct dark band extending from the nostrils to the eyes, 

 below which is a white line along the margin of the upper 

 lip, reaching to the shoulder ; the lower jaw is almost white ; 

 the nostrils are placed near the extremity of the snout ; the 

 eyes are prominent ; the pupils black ; the iridos golden ; the 

 tympanum is bronzed and surrounded by an indistinct circle of 

 dark brown. The skin is smooth ; the body short and de- 

 pressed while living ; the back is olive green, with irregular 

 blotches of darker olive ; the flanks are gray. The inferior 

 surface of the body is granulated, greenish white in front, with 

 a few dark spots at the throat ; the posterior part of the abdo- 



