THE BATRACHIA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



417 



tbau the Liud foot. The first, third, aud fifth toes are equal. The ter- 

 minal joint of the secoud toe is fvec, as are the inner edges of the ter- 

 minal joints of the second and third, and the outer edges are margined 

 to near the tips. The cuneiform process is well developed, and the sole 

 has no distinct tubercles. 



Color above and on sides light olive, with short and coarse vermicu- 

 latious of lighter, most distinct anteriorly. On the sides aud lower 

 half of the back are several subcircular, large blotches of dark brown. 

 Legs with few blotches; no Jjands. Buttocks yellow, with short ver- 

 miculate dark blotches. Beneath uniform dull yellow. No light strix^e 

 on jaw. 



Compared with specimens of E. clamata of the same size from the 

 north, this species differs altogether in color, in larger eyes, longer fin- 

 gers, longer but less webbed foot, etc. 



Inclies. 



Total length of body 1. 92 



Fore-arm , 28 



Hand 50 



Femur 97 



Tibia 99 



Tarsus 46 



Hind leg 2.84 



.00 

 .14 

 .20 

 .51 

 .52 

 .24 

 .43 



Inches. 



Hiudfoot 1.02 .53 



Between outstretcbed arms.. 2.76 1.44 



Chord of Tipper jaw 70 .36 



Width of upper j aw 64 .33 



Eye 26 .13 



Tympanum 15 .08 



Fig. 106. Rana eeptentrionalis. No. 3420. Garrison's Creeli, N. T. ; 



Mature specimens, formerly described under the name Rana, sinuata, 

 present the following characters : 



Body rather stout. Eyes large ; tympanum three-fourths as large. 

 Vomerine teeth small, ranging with the centers of inner nares. An in- 

 distinct fold of skin on each side of back ; none intermediate 5 granu- 

 lation of buttocks indistinct. Femur not half the length of body ; hind 

 foot considerably longer than the tibia. Above and on sides purplish- 

 brown, with sinuations or coarse vermiculations of yellow. Beneath 

 silvery white. Legs transversely barred. 



Female. — Body moderately stout aud depressed; limbs not much de- 

 veloped; femur and tibia about equal, not half the length of body. 

 Head rather longer than broad. Nostrils nearly intermediate between 

 tbe eye and tip of snout (projected on axis of body), or nearer the latter, 

 1951— Bull. 34- 27' 



