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pipicns). Physiol. Zool. 10: «4-U)0. 

 -. 1937a. Release of spermatozoa by anterior pituitary treatment ot the male frog, 



Rana pipieiis. Proc. Soe. F.xp. Biol, and Med. 36: -tlM-12(l. 

 Smith, Charles C. and .\riiuir N. I'.ra.u.u. I'Hl. l-'ood of toads in Okialionia. (Ahst.) Anat. 



Rec. (Suppl.) 81: 111. 

 . 1949. Observations on the ecology and natur:d history of ,\nura V'll. The food 



and feeding habits of the principal species ot toads in Oklahoma. Ecology 30: 333—349. 

 Smith, Hobart M. 1934. The amphibians of Kansas. Amer. Midi. Nat. 15: 377-528. 

 Stejneger, Leonhard, and Thomas Barbour, 1939. A check list of North American amphi- 

 bians and reptiles. F.d. 4. x\i plus 207 pp., Harvard Univ. Press. 

 Tanner, Vasco M. 1939. A study of the genus Scaphiopus; tiie spadefoot toads. Circat 



Basin Nat. 1: 3-26. 

 Trowbridge, Albert H., and Minnie S. Trowbridge. 1937. Notes on tiie cleavage rate of 



Scaphiopiis homhifrons Cope, with additional remarks on certain aspects of its life 



history. Amer. Nat. 71: 460-480. 

 Wright, A. A., and A. H. Wright. 1933. Handbook of frogs and toads, xi plus 231 pp., 



Comstock Pub. Co., Ithaca, N. Y. 

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Pub. Co. Ithaca, N. Y. 

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888. (append. VI., Report U.S. Com. Fisheries, 819). 



An Atlas of Breeding Sites for the Salientia of Oklahoma and 

 Adjacent Regions 



The following figures illustrate typical breeding sites used by species of 

 Salientia in Oklahoma and adjacent regions. In every case the sites were 

 selected as typical of this or that species or group of species. In many instances 

 data are given concerning the region and ecological picture presented. The 

 species known to have used the pool at least once are listed for each site. 

 Naturally, some wide-ranging and less ecologically restricted species have 

 breeding sites represented several times whereas a few species, which have 

 not been seen breeding in Oklahoma, are not represented at all. 



Fig. 1. Shallow, temporary pool in a pasture near Braggs, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. 

 Photo by Chas. C. Smith, April 29, 1939. Breeding site for Rana berlandicii and 

 Btifo t. americaniis , whose tadpoles were abundant when picture was taken. 



Fig. 2. Rocky pool near Soldier Lake, Wichita Wild Life Refuge, Comanche County, 

 Oklahoma. Picture taken by author. May 6, 1939. Breeding site of Acris crepitans. 



Fig. 3. Ditch along Santa Fe R.R. three miles south of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Photo by 

 author, August 17, 1940, illustrating a breeding site of Scaphioptis homhifrons. Water 

 is turbid and about three feet in depth continuously replenished from a leaking dam 

 (background of Fig. 32) and overflowing to the short-grass field shown to the right. 

 The trees along the embankment to the left are small willows. 



Fig. 4. A small shallow seepage pool on a hillside in oak-hickory savannah, eastern Cleve- 

 land County, Oklahoma. Rana herlandieri laid eggs here in a rainy period during 

 the last week in September, 1945. Tadpoles here on February 25, 1946, well de- 

 veloped. Metatnorphosed in early May as Ps. triseriata was producing eggs in pool. 

 Photo by A. O. Weese, April 7, 1946. 



Fig. 5. Very shallow pool in creek valley at Little Axe, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, in 

 oak-hickory savannah. Breeding site of Pseudams strecl^eri and Btifo t. americamis 

 through at least two seasons. All breeding known here has resulted in loss of all 

 tadpoles from evaporation of the pool. 



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