The turtles, snakes, frogs and other reptiles and amphibians of New England and the north/Frogs
FROGS. Salientia.
1. Bull Frog. Rana catesbiana.
Length, five to eight inches; head, light green; back, greenish-black with faint black spots; ear-drum larger than eye; folds from eye on sides of back very faint.
Well known by his large size and bull-like voice.
2. Green Frog. Rana clamata.
Length, three to four inches; face, green; back, greenish or brown, with larger specks; sides with irregular black spots; ear-drum as large as eye; fold from eye along sides of back, large and prominent; underside, white, yellow on throat.
3. Leopard Frog. Rana virescens.
Length, three inches; green, with large white-edged black spots; white underneath; ear-drum smaller than eye. Very bright and handsomely colored.
4. Wood Frog. Rana sylvatica.
Length, two inches; bright reddish-brown with black bands from nose to arm, also on arms and legs. Legs very long; leaps six or eight feet.
5. Cambridge Frog. Rana cantabrigensis.
Length, two inches; similar to the Wood Frog, but legs shorter; pale brown, a few black spots on lower part of back.
6. Spotted Frog. Rana areolata.
Length, three inches; brown, with light-edged large black spots, largest behind; head, flat and broad. Western and Southern.
7. Northern Frog. Rana septentrionalis.
Length, two-and-a-half inches; brown, with lighter vermiculations; no black band from nose to arm; pale underneath.
8. Pickerel Frog. Rana palustris
Length, two-and one-half inches; brown, with large square black spots; belly, white; hind legs, yellow underneath.
9. Cricket Frog. Acris gryllus.
Length, one-and one-half inches; head, green; back, brown, with a reddish line in the middle and three light-edged black spots on each side; legs, very long.
10. Swamp Tree Frog. Chorophilus triseriatus.
Length, one inch; ash-gray, with dark stripes. In swampy ground, rarely in trees.
11. Pickering′s Tree Frog. Hyla pickeringii.
Length, one inch; yellowish brown, with blackish stripes and spots; round pellets on the points of fingers and toes. The early “peeper” of spring-time. Found in all wet places.
12. Common Tree Toad. Hyla versicolor.
Length, two inches; skin, very rough; greenish, bluish or brownish-gray, with brown or black irregular blotches; yellow underneath; large round pellets on the points of fingers and toes. The loud “rattler” of damp spring nights.
13. Common Toad. Bufo lentiginosus.
Length, three-and-a-half inches; gray and brown; skin very rough and warty when old. The young less rough, and more distinctly marked.
14. Spade-Foot Toad. Scaphiopus holbrooki.
Length, three inches; brownish-olive, yellowish on sides; soles of hind-feet with a black horny nail. A noisy whistler in spring.