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Yellow shade indicates verified sighting.
Slanted hatch indicates pre-1980 records only. Not all specimens upon which these maps are based have been verified. Entire belly unspotted white. Male has paired vocal pouches, at corners of jaw, and enlarged thumbs used for holding onto female during amplexus. Prairies, woodlands, and brushy fields in hardpan clay soils in low, wet areas.