. The Batrachia of North America. Amphibians. 174 BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. becomes suifused with a kind of puiplisli-browii. The belly is gener- ally immaculate until the animal is quite old, when it is finely sprinkled with dots like grains of fine powder. The color of a fresh specimen is as follows. It is fully grown, and was takeu April 7, 1848. 4 6 7 F]G. 43. SpderjKx riihci: No. 7903. Cailiale, ; ;. Pupil small, elliptical, major axis horizontal, brassy, with horizontal dark line. General color dark salmon-red. Whole upper parts marked with rounded spots, largest al
. The Batrachia of North America. Amphibians. 174 BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. becomes suifused with a kind of puiplisli-browii. The belly is gener- ally immaculate until the animal is quite old, when it is finely sprinkled with dots like grains of fine powder. The color of a fresh specimen is as follows. It is fully grown, and was takeu April 7, 1848. 4 6 7 F]G. 43. SpderjKx riihci: No. 7903. Cailiale, ; ;. Pupil small, elliptical, major axis horizontal, brassy, with horizontal dark line. General color dark salmon-red. Whole upper parts marked with rounded spots, largest along back, about size of the eje and less, of black or dark. Between these spots is a clouding of dark red- dish-brown, as if the black of upper parts had run after being first put on. Frequently, however, there is an obscure areola of thegrouiul color around the spots; on sides of body and tail, external portion of limbs, less of the interstitial dark reddish-brown. "Whole under surface sprinkled with minute black dots, larger towards the chin. Extreme edge of snout blackish, as also of lower jaw to a less degree. Individuals vary somewhat in coloration; sometimes the dots on the belly are more aggregated towards the center, sometimes the interstitial color on back purer, so as to define spots better, while again, on the other hand, the whole upper parts are so much shaded with the reddish-brown as to nearly obscure the black spots. The eye can be retracted or protruded as in the figures, and also con- cealed by the approximation of the lids. The transparent lower lid can be brought uj) and over lower half of the eyeball. In young individuals the colors are much purer; the whole body being of orange, of different shades in different individuals; darker above, with spots of black on upper half of bodj-, larger along back, irregularly distributed, beneath generally unspotted. The lower jaw with a row of spots around its margin. —Tin's is an abundant species t
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