48 w^ Storer on the 
part of the fore and hind legs; an irregular spot on 
the extremity of the rump; beneath, granulated on 
"the abdomen, legs and thighs; a character also per- — | 
‘ceptible in some degree, on the upper surface. Head 
rather obtuse; lower lip whitish; throat, clavicle, 
and auricles, minutely spotted with black: dots; 
irides golden copper. When resting on a dark sub- 
stance, it changes at pleasure to a dark ashen hue, 
the lines becoming black and prominent, and „the 
spots on the head and rump very perceptible, as also 
the transverse bars on the upper surface of the legs. 
Length of the body from the snout, to the vent, one 
inch; of hinder thighs and legs, each half an inch ; 
of tarsus and toes, seven tenths of an inch; of the 
largest toe, four tenths of an inch. Whole length 
of the fore legs, half an inch." 
» xd. 
Hya. Laurenti. 
Generic characters. Body in general elongated ; 
upper jaw and palate furnished with teeth ; tym- 
panum apparent; no post tympanal glands; fin- 
. gers long, and with the toes terminating in rounded 
viscous pellets. » i | 
H. versicolor. Le Conte. The common Tree Toad. 
Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vol. i. p. 281. 
Harlan's Med. and Phys. Res. p. 109. 
_ As the tree toad, this species is commonly known 
throughout New England, from the cireumstance of 
its being more generally found upon trees than in 
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