12 SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO 



San Antonio. A specimen from the environs of San Antonio 

 is in the Scientific Society collection. 



12. Bufo valliceps Wiegmann Nebulous Toad 



Bufo valliceps Wiegmann, Isis, 1833, p. 657. 



This toad is abundant throughout Bexar County. Mr. 

 Marnock collected numerous examples in the vicinity of Helotes 

 and every collector who has worked around San Antonio re- 

 ports finding it common. In some localities it inhabits rocky 

 gulches where it hides in caves and fissures ; in others it seems 

 to prefer flat open country, and in some of the larger towns and 

 cities commonly congregates around the street lights. In ex- 

 treme eastern Texas, it is a common species in the pine forests. 



13. Acris gryllus (LeConte) Cricket Frog. 



Rana gryllus LeConte, Ann. Lye. New York, Vol. 1, 



Pt. 2, 1825, p. 282. 



Abundant throughout the county, in the vicinity of 

 streams, springs and ponds. I have specimens from Helotes, 

 several localities in the vicinity of San Antonio, and Leon 

 Springs. 



14. Pseudacris ornata (Holbrook) Ornate Chorus Frog 



Rana ornata Holbrook, N. Am. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. I, 1838 



p. 97, pi. 16. 

 This beautiful chorus frog is abundant in the vicinity of 

 Helotes where Mr. Marnock collected a large series of specimens. 

 Louis Garni obtained several specimens near San Antonio. 



15. Pseudacris triseriata (Wied) Striped Chorus Frog 



Hyla triseriata Wied, Reise Nord-Amer., Vol. 1, Pt. 4, 



1838, p. 249. 

 Three specimens of this species were in the Marnock col- 

 lection, in a jar containing a number of Pseudacris ornata from 

 Helotes. It is probably found throughout the county but on 

 account of its small size and secretive habits has been overlooked 

 by other collectors. 



16. Hyla baudinii Dumeril and Bibron. Mexican Tree Frog 



Hyla baudinii Dumeril and Bribron, Erp. Gen., Vol. 8, 



1841, p. 564. 

 Smilisca baudinii Dumeril and Bibron (Cope) 



This fine tree frog is very locally distributed. In 1880, 

 Cope in his essay "On the Zoological Position of Texas" (Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Museum, No. 17) states that this species inhabits the 



