List of Illustrations xv 



Plate XXXV. Gopher frog {Rana aesopus) 350 



1. Gopher-turtle hole. 3. Male on sand. 



2. Male at base of pine. 4-6. Tadpole series. 



Plate XXXVI. Greh:^ fuog {Rana clainitans) 358 



1. Egg mass. 6. Adult female and transformed frog. 



2. Eggs, stained. 7.8. Transformed R. clamitans and 

 3.4. Tadpoles. R. grylio compared. 



5. Transformed frog. 9. Male, croaking. 



10. Male. Ventral. 



Plate XXXVII. Southern bullfrog (Rana grylio) 366 



1. Male. Ventral. 5.6. Tadpoles. 



2. Female. Ventral. 7. Transformed frog. 



3. Transforming frog. 8. Site of egg mass. 



4. Male, croaking. 9. Bullfrog pond. 



Plate XXXVIII. River-swamp frog (Rana heckscheri) 382 



I. Thompson's Landing. 4.5. Mature frog. Lateral. 



2.3. Mature tadpoles. 6. Mature frog. Ventral. 



Plate XXXIX. Mink frog (Rana septentrionalis) 398 



1. Male. Lateral. 4- Egg mass. 



2. Female. Ventral. 5. Transforming frog. 



3. Hellgate pond, Onekio, N. Y. 6. Adult. 



Plate XL. Southern leopard frog (i^ana spAenocepAaZo) 422 



1. Male, croaking. 5. Female. Ventral. 



2. Eggs, stained. 6. Female. Lateral. 



3. Male, croaking. 7. Male. Lateral. 



4. Egg mass in camp. 



Plate XLI. Southern leopard frog (Rana sphenocephala) 430 



I. Siren Run, Billy's Id. 6. Tadpole with stub of tail. 



2.3.4.5. Tadpoles. 7. Transformed frog. 



Plate XLII. Carpenter frog (Rana virgatipes) 438 



1. Second "Dreen," Chesser Id. 4-S-6. Males croaking. 



2. Egg mass. 7. Male. Lateral. 



3. Eggs, stained. 8. Female, Lateral. 



Plate XLIII. Carpenter frog (Rana virgatipes) 446 



1. Male. Ventral. 4. R. grylio transformed and R. 



2. Female. Ventral. virgatipes compared. 



3. Eggs in situ. 5. Adult. Ventral. 



6.7. Tadpoles. 



Plate XLIV. Narrow-mouthed toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis) . . . 462 



1. Pool, Billy's Id. 5.6.7. Tadpoles. 



2. Male and Female. Lateral. 8. Transformed frog. 



3. Female and male. Ventral. 9. 10. 11. Males, croaking. 



4. Egg-clusters. 12. Eggs, stained. 



Plate XLV. Map of Okefinokee Swamp, Ga 478 



TEXT FIGURES 

 I. Individual eggs. 



