The Barking Tree Frog, Hyla gratiosa in New Jersey
Black IH and Gosner KL. 1958. The Barking Tree Frog, Hyla gratiosa in New Jersey. Herpetologica. 13(4):254-255
On october 6, 1956, a puzzling young hylid (Newark Museum Z56.40) was collected in the Bennett area of Cape May Co., New Jersey, by William Standaert and Irvin Black. Uniform grass green above except for a few fine chrome yellow specks; underside of head rich chrome yellow except for a greenish area near angle of each jaw; some extension of yellow into pectoral region; a few yellow blotches on underside of body; a pair of yellow patches below vent extending onto back of femur; outer edges of forearm, hind foot and tarsus market by a cream-colored line extending across vent when in crouching position; upper lip margined with chrome yellow; yellow line separating dorsal green from predominantly white ventral surfacel dorsal surface granular. Measuruements of the fresh specimen: snout-vent length 24.6 mm; head length 9.2; head width 10.1; leg length 37.5; femur 13.0; tibia 12.0.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Black, Irving; Gosner, Kenneth
- Units
- PINE
- Keywords
- Amphibians (Amphibia), Animal Studies, barking treefrog (Hyla gratiosa), Research Article