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Fig. 104. Bana areolata cesopus. 'So. 4743. Micanopy, Fla. ; {. 



Measurements of No. 4743. 



M. 



Length, of head and body 062 



Width of head at posterior edges tympana 020 



Length of head to posterior edges tympana 024 



Length of fore leg 026 



Length of fore foot 012 



Length of hind leg to groin 074 



Length of tibia 024 



Length of tarsus 013 



Length of rest of foot 025 



The only specimen of this subspecies which I have seen is the fol- 

 lowing: ^ 



Eana areolata a^sopus Cope. 



Catalogue 

 number. 



No. of 

 spec. 



Locality. 



When 

 collected. 



From -svliom received. 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



4743 



1 



Micanopy , Fla 





Dr. T. H. Bean 















Bana areolata circulosa Rice and Davis.* 

 Rice and Davis, in Jordan Man. of Vert. East. N. Amer., ed. ii, 1878, 355. 



Two specimens of this form are before me and yield the following 

 characters : Their peculiar coloration gives them an elegant appearance, 

 and one quite different from that presented by any other North Ameri- 

 can Rana. 



Length of head one-third of total. Heel of extended hind leg reach- 

 ing to the front of the orbit ; muzzle rather elongate, but little produced 

 beyond the edge of the lip, the extremity sloping obliquely upwards and 

 posteriorly, so as to shorten the superior plane. The nostril has an 

 elevated position and a suprolateral presentation; it is a little nearer 

 the orbit than the end of the muzzle. The membranum tympani is a 

 vertical oval, with the short diameter only half the length of the eye 

 fissure. The heel of the extended hiud leg reaches to the anterior border 

 of the orbit. The posterior edges of the vomerine patches are behind the 

 borders of the choanse. 



opiate 51, fig. 10. ^ ' 



