. The Batrachia of North America [microform]. Amphibians; Amphibiens. 344 BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 9: (. The {granulation on tlio lower parts seems finer. The ground color is darker, though the i)attern in much the same. The dorsal stripe does not bifurcate so soon, however; there is a tendency to spots between the stripes, and there are no spots on the breast. Total length 7« Tibia HO Femur 5i() Hind U'g from heel M MeasnremenU, in incheSi Hind leg 1. .:W1 , Witlthofbead . ;{()0 Length of chord . 710 Fore-arm from elbow 03 ()8 20 .2(i3 2ti . 340 30 . 396 Hiud foot
. The Batrachia of North America [microform]. Amphibians; Amphibiens. 344 BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 9: (. The {granulation on tlio lower parts seems finer. The ground color is darker, though the i)attern in much the same. The dorsal stripe does not bifurcate so soon, however; there is a tendency to spots between the stripes, and there are no spots on the breast. Total length 7« Tibia HO Femur 5i() Hind U'g from heel M MeasnremenU, in incheSi Hind leg 1. .:W1 , Witlthofbead . ;{()0 Length of chord . 710 Fore-arm from elbow 03 ()8 20 .2(i3 2ti . 340 30 . 396 Hiud foot 3(5 ,473 The Choroj)hilus triscriatus abounds throughout the northwest, east of the Kocky Mountains. 1 obtained it at Franklin, on the Utah-Idaho boundary, and sub- sequently found it very common in the ruts of the wa,(on trails on the plains east of Fort Benton, Mont. In the latter locality it was gener- ally of a bright green color. Specimens from Gloucester County, New Jersey, present the following characters: Body longer; head contained three and two-thirds times in total length, the widtii three to three and one-half in same; tibia measuring half the distance from vent to middle and anterior border of orbit; smaller tympanum; teeth nearer each other than to nares; five longi- tudinal bands. In this form the limbs are rather stout, with their upper surfaces granulated or rugulose. Toes fringed or margined. The heel extends to the orbit; tympanum one-third of latter. One, an inner tarsal tuber- cle. The median dorsal ban<l is broad, unites with the interocidar tri- angle, and is continued part way to the end of the muzzle, giving a | Liiu-g. T). titi This species I have fouml al)undant on the sides of pools and ponds in t lie neighborhood of (ilou(!ester, X. .1. in ihespringand early part of sum- mer. It delights in those small and often temporary pieces of water which are inclosed in the densest thickets of spiny Smilax atid Kubus, with scrub oaks, and surrounded by the
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