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LITERATURE CITED 
Allen, J. A. 
1874. Notes on the natural history of portions of Dakota and Montana terri- 
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1873, Gen. D. S. Stanley, Commander. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 
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Baird, S. F. 
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Original descriptions of Hyla affinis [= arenicolor Cope] and 
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1859b. Report upon reptiles collected on the survey of routes in California and 
Oregon explored by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical 
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Baird, S. F., and Girard, C. 
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Original description of Bufo punctatus. 
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Original descriptions of Bana aurora [—Bana aurora aurora ], 
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