Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

Plate 14, Figure 4 of the original description (Taylor, 1942). The sacral vertebrae of *Lithobates feyeae*, Holotype KUVP 6378, (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view.

AMPHIBIA (Amphibians) ANURA (Frogs) RANIDAE (True Frogs)

Mrs. Hibbard's Frog
†Lithobates fayeae (Taylor 1942)

Conservation Status:
Extinct

Diagnosis:
Sacrum small, delicate, the lines projected parallel to the inner edge of the sacral diapophyses would intersect at the anterior end of centrum, the angle formed less than a right angle. Sacral diapophyses short, not flattened at terminations. The sacrum is small and delicate. The tip of the right sacral diapophysis and a section from the side of the terminal portion of the left, is broken away.

Distribution:
Known only from the type locality. Rexroad member, upper Pliocene, locality 3, about 16 miles southwest of Meade, Meade county, Kansas.
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Occurrence Summary:
3
Records
3
Museum Vouchers
0
Other Observations

Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Meade (3);

Natural History:

Remarks:
The species is named in honor of Mrs. Faye Hibbard, who has accompanied her husband, Dr. Claude W. Hibbard, on numerous field trips in this region.

Bibliography:

1928	Ortenburger, Arthur I. The whip snakes and racers: Genera Masticophis and Coluber. Memiors of the University of Michigan Museum (1):1-247
1942	Taylor, Edward H. Extinct toads and frogs from the upper Pliocene deposits of Meade County, Kansas. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 28(10):199-235
1945	Lane, Henry H. A survey of the fossil vertebrates of Kansas, Part II. Amphibia. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 48(3):286-316
1985	Schultze, Hans-Peter, L. Hunt, J. Chorn, and A. M. Neuner. Type and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. Part II. Fossil amphibians and reptiles. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications (77):1-66 Also check on several listed names not in KHA as KS taxa.
2012	Martin, Carolina (Albaladejo), Borja Sanchiz, and Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga. Nomenclatural notes on living and fossil amphibians. Graellsia 68(1):159-180 References Kansas specimens of Bufo hibbardi from Edson Quarry, Bufo pliocompactilis from WaKeeney, Bufo repentinus from Cragin Quarry, Bufo rexroadensis and Bufo suspectus from Fox Canyon, Bufo spongifrons from Long Island Quarry, and nine Rana from Rexroad.

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