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Waco and San Antonio. I can find no records for the 

 Panhandle, although it may range northward into 

 that section. This toad is an inhabitant of damp, 

 rocky gulches. At Glen Rose, in April, I found many 

 specimens under large flat stones which were lying 

 in the bed of a small, rock-bound creek. In a small 

 gully several miles north of Waco, I captured fifteen 

 specimens one rainy night between 8 and 10 o'clock. 

 They were preparing to enter the water to breed, 

 and the most of them were found in pairs. The few 

 single individuals were males. These were hopping 

 along the edges of the small pools, occasionally stop- 

 ping and giving vent to loud cries. They breed in 

 the pools of water which form in large pockets in 

 the rocks, and the development of the tadpole is very 

 rapid. 



162. BUFO DEBiLis Girard. Little Green Toad. 



This little toad has a rather peculiar distribution. 

 It is said by Cope to be abundant in the Panhandle 

 district, but I can find no records for the southern 

 plains or trans-Pecos counties. In Middle Texas it 

 ranges east to Waco, but does not appear to extend 

 much further north. It is found all over Southern 

 Texas from Brownsville west to the mouth of the 

 Pecos River and north abundantly to Refugio, Bee, 

 Bexar and Comal Counties. It is also common in the 

 granite country. In the vicinity of Waco, this is a 

 species of the open, grassy flats. It breeds abun- 

 dantly in April and May in rain-formed pools and 

 ditches. 

 163. BUFO COMPACTILIS Wiegmann. Spadefoot Toad. 



This species is found all over Southern Texas, 

 ranging west to the Pecos River. I have found it 

 near Burnet and it is abundant at Waco. As it has 

 been recorded from Kansas, in all probability it 

 ranges through the entire middle district of Texas 

 west of the timber belt and east of the plains. Cope 

 records it from the Wichita River, but I did not find 



