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AMPHIBIA. 



Order ANURA. 



Family BANID^. 



Genus RANA Linnseus. 



28. Rana pipiens Sclireber. Leopard Frog. 



The small series at my disposal prevents any discussion of the 

 supposed characters of the subspecies recognized by Prof. Cope in 

 his Batrachia of North America. The inconstancy of some of 

 these characters, however, is patent enough and the multiplication 

 of new trinomials quite unwarranted. 



Specimens: Saraburg, 1 ad.; Raleigh, 2 ad.; Chattanooga, 1 juv. 



29. Bana palustris LeC. Pickerel Frog. 

 Only found in east Tennessee. 



Specimens: Harriman, 1 ad. ; 1 juv. ; Roan Mt., (3,500 ft.) 1 ad. ; 



1 juv. 



30. Rana olami tans Bosc Mss., Sonn., Latr. Southern Spring Frog. 



The most abundant of the genus throughout the State. 

 Specimens: near Bellevue, 3 juv. ad.; Chattanooga, 1 ad. ; Har- 

 riman, 1 ad. 



31. Rana clamitans melanota (Eaf. ). Northern Spring Frog. 



Two large frogs from a spring on the summit of Roan Moun- 

 tain and within a few yards of the Tennessee State line, in Mitchell 

 County, North Carolina, showed such striking differences from 

 clamitans of western Tennessee that I was inclined to consider them 

 a distinct species. Similar specimens were seen on the banks of Doe 

 River during the ascent of the mountain, but none were secured. 

 The Roan Mountain specimens are almost precisely in color and 

 measurements like Holbrook's figure of Rana horiconensis from 

 Lake George and without doubt represent the same phase of vari- 

 ation from the typical southern clamitans 1 which we find in that 

 species in the northern States and Canada. 



Dr. Holbrook compares his horiconensis with fontinalis 

 {clamitans) remarking on its size and color, and then says it cannot 

 be the Rana melanota, " as it wants the 'yellow streak on the sides 

 of the head.'" 



1 The type locality is Charleston, South Carolina. 



