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l any other situation ; its color conceals it admirably, 
and it often eludes a careful search on account of its 
similarity to the object upon which it may be 
ing. A specimen two inches in length, exhibits the 
following appearances. Above, of a light ash color, 
with a brownish cruciform marking between the 
shoulders, and smaller irregularly formed blotches 
distributed over various parts of the back ; beneath, 
white, granulated, with a yellowish tint at the pos- 
terior portion of the sides. Head, broad; snout, 
| . blunt. Eyes, large; pupils, black ; irides, golden. 
Extremities ash colored above. Anterior extremities 
with a small number of brown markings; beneath, 
white and brownish ; four fingers free, terminating 
in pellets. Posterior extremities transversely barred ; 
beneath, granulated, yellowish white, becoming yel- 
low near the abdomen and upon the legs; five toes, 
terminating, like the fingers, in pellets. 
> An acrid secretion protects the skin of this species 
from its enemies. Its principal food is insects. 
H. squirella. Bosc. The little peeping Hyla. 
Ann, Lye. N. Y, vol. i. p. 279. ^ 
Harlan's Med, and Phys. Res. p. 107. 
dare 
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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 there-. : 
fore no hesitation in copying the description and E 
observations of my friend, Dr. Holbrook, as published 
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