30G 



BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Measurements of No. 3695. 



M. 



Leugtli of head and body 051 



Length of head, including tympana 0154 



Width of head, includiug tympana , 023 



Length of fore-leg from axilla 02G5 



Length of hind leg from groin : 055 



Length of tibia 019 



Length of tarsus 009 



Length of rest of foot 022 



The range of this species is extensive. It was originally obtained 

 near Redding in northern California. My friend, James S. Lippiiicott, 

 has sent it to me from the extreme south of California, San Diego. The 

 Smithsonian Institution has a slightly differentiated variety from Chi- 

 huahua, and specimens from my friend. Dr. Duges, from Guanajuato, 

 Mexico, are the same. I suspect that the Scapliiopus clugesi Brocchi 

 from that locality is the same species. 



Abundant in July and August, when it deposits its eggs in the pools 

 of rain-water. It is very noisy at such times, and the open lots in the 

 city of Santa Fe resound with its cries. These are much like those of 

 the ScapMoims liolhroohii. 



Spca hammondii hanunondii Baird. 

 RESERVE SERIES. 



Catalogue 



No. of 



number. 



spec. 



9453 



1 



8559 



3 



8653 



1 



9(i28 



1 



3695 



1 



Locality. 



Califorula 



Alto dos Utas, N. Mex. 



Utah 



California 



Eort Redding, Cal 



When 

 collected. 



Sept. — , 1874 



1872 



Aug. — , 1875 



Eromwhom received. 



Dr. -T. Ci. Cooper.. 



Piof. E. D. Cope 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow 



do 



Dr. J. F. Hammond, 

 U. S. A. 



Nature of spec- 

 imen. 



Alcoholic. 

 Ale. typo. 

 Alcoholic. 



Do. 



Do. 



8;pea hanunondii homhifrons Cope, 



(Plates 51, fig. 17; 68, fig. la.) 

 Cope, Journ. Ac. Phila. (2), vi, 1886, p. 81. 



Scaiyhiopns homhifrons Cope, Proc. Ac. Phila., 1863, p. 53; Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. 

 Brit. Mus., 2d ed., 1882, p. 435. 



Outline of maxillae acuminate oval ; muzzle truncate, elevated, thick- 

 ened transversely 5 profile or vertex arched, of front concave; cauthus 

 rostralis replaced by a concavity. Tympanum concealed or scarcely 

 visible; parotoid flat, small. No gland on tibia or pectus. Tongue en- 

 tire. Yomerine teeth in obliciue fasiculi or short series between choaniTe ; 

 these equal ostia pharyngea. Skin nearly smooth, roughest on the sides. 

 Cuneiform process produced. Palraation of toes deeply repand. 



Color in spirits, pale ashen or brown, with numerous plumbeous ver- 

 miculations, which are aggregated into a blotch on the scapular region, 

 which has a pale space below it. Limbs vermiculated ; outer border 

 of tarsus and foot light. A dark spot ou canthus rostralis. 



