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No. 16] AMPHIBIANS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA 13^<br />
shoulder; sacral hump very prominent. Vomerine teeth in two<br />
rounded groups between the choanae.<br />
Color above light<br />
or dark brown, with large or small irregular<br />
black spots on dorsal surface <strong>of</strong> back and thighs. These spots<br />
are sometimes greatly elongated, with light centers. Sides, anterior<br />
portions <strong>of</strong> femur and the under surfaces, are yellowish<br />
or whitish, spotted or reticulated with black. Lower sides <strong>of</strong> body<br />
and under surfaces <strong>of</strong> hind limbs are a rich salmon-red. Specimens<br />
from the San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower <strong>California</strong> are<br />
much darker and show none <strong>of</strong> the red so characteristic <strong>of</strong> those<br />
from northern <strong>California</strong>. Sides and anterior portions <strong>of</strong> thigh<br />
<strong>of</strong> Lower <strong>California</strong> specimens are yellowish, strongly reticulated<br />
with black.<br />
Measurements <strong>of</strong> 6 Specimens in the Collection <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>California</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong><br />
Snout to vent 59 66 70 73 74 77<br />
Snout to orbit 9 10 10 11 12 12<br />
Width <strong>of</strong> head 24 23 28 27 28 29<br />
Interorbital width 3 4 3 4 3 4<br />
Vertical diameter <strong>of</strong><br />
tympanum 4 4 6 5 5 5<br />
Fore limb 36 39 42 44 48 44<br />
Hind limb 113 122 128 133 135 130<br />
Length <strong>of</strong> tibia 35 36 42 44 42 43<br />
Length <strong>of</strong> foot 38 37 39 44 42 38<br />
Distribution.— This large frog ranges from Del Norte County,<br />
<strong>California</strong> to<br />
northern Lower <strong>California</strong>.<br />
In <strong>California</strong>, it has been collected in Del Norte (Requa), Siskiyou<br />
(Lower Klamath Lake), Humboldt (Areata, Eureka), Trinity<br />
(Gumboot Lake), Shasta (Redding), Mendocino (three miles west<br />
from summit <strong>of</strong> Mount Sanhedrin, Mendocino City, Gualala),<br />
Sonoma (mouth <strong>of</strong> Russian Kiver, Petaluma), Napa (Calistoga,<br />
Luscol, Napa), Marin (four miles west from Inverness, San Rafael,<br />
Sausalito), Alameda (Berkeley, Oakland, Temescal, Thornhill<br />
Station), San Francisco (Presidio, Golden Gate Park), San Mateo<br />
(South San Francisco, Woodside), Santa Clara (Isabel Creek near<br />
Mount Hamilton, Stanford University, Los Gatos), Santa Cruz<br />
(Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz), Monterey (Monterey, Pacific Grove,<br />
Carmel), San Luis Obispo<br />
(Shandon, Pozo, Edna, Oceano), Placer<br />
(Michigan Bluff), El Dorado, Merced (Snelling, Gadwell), Fresno<br />
(Minkler), Kern (El Paso Creek, mountains near Fort Tejon),<br />
Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), Los Angeles (Mint Canyon four
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