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124 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Oc. Papers ond, third much the longest, a slight fold sometimes present along sides of fingers, subarticular tubercles small or moderately large, rounded, prominent; a slight or no tarsal fold; inner metatarsal tubercle elongate, fairly prominent; outer metatarsal tubercle absent or indistinct; web full; one to three phalanges of fourth toe free. Skin generally smooth, granular on back of thigh, with more or less numerous warts, tubercles, or longitudinal folds on back and sides of body and dorsal surface of hind limb; a well developed dorsolateral fold; a fold from upper lip to side of neck or shoulder. Vomerine teeth in small rounded groups or short transverse or oblique series between or slightly behind the choanas. Color above brown, gray, olive, or green, with large, discrete, dark brown or black spots on head, body and limbs. These spots usually are narrowly bordered with light blue, gray, yellow or green, and irregularly rounded. They may unite to form short longitudinal bands, or the spots or their light borders may be wanting. The dorsolateral fold may be light green or bronze or as dark as the ground color. The posterior surface of the thigh may be more or less clouded, spotted, or marbled with brown or gray. All the lower surfaces are white or yellow, sometimes clouded, marbled, or reticulated with gray or brown. Measurements of 6 Specimens in the Collection of the California Academy of Sciences Snout to vent 57 73 74 77 81 100 Snout to orbit 10 11 11 12 12 16 Width of head 20 24 24 27 28 38 Interorbital width 2 3 3 3 4 5 Vertical diameter of tympanum 4 5 5 6 6 9 Fore limb 29 36 37 44 48 60 Hind limb 71 122 121 135 144 155 Length of tibia 30 40 39 42 43 50 Length of foot 32 38 40 43 47 53 Distribution.— This beautiful frog occurs throughout most of North America east of the Cascade Mountains and Sierra Nevada. It has not yet been found in Lower California, but probably occurs along the Colorado River. In California, it has been collected in Imperial (two miles east of Dixieland. Yuma). Riverside (Riverside Mountain), El Dorado (Lake Tahoe, Fallen Leaf Lake), and Modoc (Alturas), counties.
No. 16] AMPHIBIANS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA 125 In Or^on, it has been recorded from Malheur (Ontario), Umatilla (Umatilla), and Wasco (Fort Dalles) counties, and the John Day River. Washington localities are Walla Walla (Fort Walla Walla, three miles east of Wallula, Touchet), and Stevens (Clark's Fork of the Lower Kootenai River), counties. In Idaho, it has been collected in Bonner (Sand Point, Hope), Washington (Weiser, Montgomery's Ferry mouth of Weiser River), Canyon (Caldwell), Ada (Boise), Elmore (Mountain Home), Jerome (Spring Branch just above Shoshone Falls), Bingham (Blackfoot, Fort Hall), Power (American Falls), and Bear Lake (Deep Lakes, Bloomington Canyon), counties. In Utah, this frog has been secured in Cache (Logan Canyon, Dry Lake, Logan), Salt Lake (Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas, Murray), Utah (Provo, Fairfield, Spanish Fork), Wasatch (Provo Canyon, Wasatch Mountains), Sanpete (Ephraira), Emery (Green River), Beaver (Beaver, Beaver Creek), Piute (Kimberly), Iron (Rush Lake, Iron Springs), Garfield (Panguitch), Washington (St. George, Leeds), and San Juan (San Juan River), counties. In Nevada, it has been found in Washoe (The Willows, Pyramid Lake), Elko (Elko, Carlin), Lincoln (Caliente, Pahranagat Valley), counties. In Arizona, it has been collected in Coconino (Oak Creek, San Francisco Mountains, Painted Desert at Tanner's Gulch, Tuba), Apache (Alpine), Yavapai (Prescott), Maricopa (Cave Creek, Fort Verde, Beaver Creek near Camp Verde, Tempe, Phoenix), Yuma (Yuma), Pima (Santa Cruz River at Tucson, mouth of Bear Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains in Sabino Canyon, and at Pusch's Steam Pump 18 miles north from Tucson, Warsaw Mills), Santa Cruz (Santa Rita Mountains near Stetson's Dam and in Gardner Canyon, Camp Crittenden, Fort Buchanan, Calabasas), Cochise (Fairbank, six milfes east from Hereford, Ash Canyon, Huachuca Mountains), counties. Habits.— In the desert areas which this frog inhabits it is generally found along irrigating ditches and the banks of rivers. In the mountain districts it inhabits the grassy meadows, ponds, lakes and streams. It travels long distances overland and may be found in wet grassy areas a mile or more from the nearest water.
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