OVERTON : I.OXC. ISI.AXD FROGS AND TOADS ^5 
Frogs and toads sometimes sing in a loud chorus during the daxtinie 
when they first appear, but a little later they rarely sing exce])t at night. 
Their sight is keen, and great patience is needed in apiiroaching them in 
the daxlime without frightening them into silence. 
The illustrations that accom]5an>' this monograph are reproductions 
of ])hotographs taken by the, author. All the subjects were wild frogs 
and toads in their natural ]iools and amid their undistiu'bed surroundings. 
Nearly all of them were taken at night, b\- flashlight. 
List of fro(.;s and toads of long island. Ten species of frogs 
and toads, belonging to four families, are distributed over Long Island. 
Famil\- Bufonidtc ( Lat. Inifo, toad). 
1. Ihifo fo-ich-ri. Common toad. (Named for ^L'. .S. 
P. Fowler, of Danvers, Ma.ss., who first 
ol)served the habits of this s]iecies). 
Famil_\- Pelobatidce ( Gr. TrrjXo-jSdTrj';, mudwalker). 
2. Siap/ilopKs holbivoki. Spadefoot toad. (Or. 
(TKdcf}7j. s])ade ; ttovs, foot. ( Xamed for Dr. 
J. E. Holbrook, 1 795-1 871, an American 
herpetologist ) . 
Family Hylidce (Gr. v\r]. forest). 
3. .IctIs ffij/liis cix'piians. Cricket frog. ( Gr. iiKp/'s, 
locust ; Lat. ffrvllKS. cricket, crcpihtus, rattling ) . 
4. Jfrla icrsico/or. Common tree frog. i Lat. of 
changeable color ) . 
5. /fyhi piikcriiii^i. S])ring peeper. ( Xar.ied for 
Charles Pickering, iSo.s-iSjS, an American 
naturalist t . 
■anulx 
Ranidte (Lat. raiia. frog). 
Kami piplfiis. Leojiard frog. 
( Lat. ])ee]>ing). 
7- 
Kami pa hist lis. Pickerel fr 
marsh_\' ) . 
•og. ( Lat. pahis/n 
,s. 
h'aiia sy/ratic-a. Wood frog. 
i Lat. sy/ia. fore.st 
9- 
Kaiia c/aiiiitaiis. (ireen frog. 
(Lat. calling loudly 
10. 
Kaiia ca/csbiaiia. Bull frog. 
Cate.sby, 1679-1749, an 
America ) . 
1 Xamed for Mar 
English traveller i 
