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appearance. Over each eye there is a rounded spot, placed 

 slightly inwards towards the center of the head. 



A raised, vein-like fold of skin extends from behind each eye 

 to the end of the body and is pale bronze in color. A stripe of 

 similar color extends on each side of the head from the tip of the 

 snout to behind the earplate, where it terminates in a raised 

 skin fold. The under parts are white, indistinctly mottled with 

 gray about the limbs. 



When examined from directly above, the arrangement of the 

 spots on the back appears to be irregular. This character may 

 be employed to distinguish the species from the Leopard Frog, 



FIQ. 23. THE SALT-MARSH FROG 

 From specimen in New York Zoological Park 



which it resembles in form and pattern. On the Leopard Frog 

 the spots are rather square in shape and are quite regularly 

 disposed in rows down the back and the sides. Length of 

 body, 3|- inches ; total length, hind limbs outstretched, 9 inches. 

 These measurements were taken from a very large specimen. 

 The average length of body is about 2\ inches, and total length 

 more than 7 inches. 



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