Introduction 3 



To several people of Folkston and Wayeross we owe kindnesses, particularly 

 to Mrs. J. L. Walker and her daughter of Wayeross, Georgia. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO SPECIALISTS 



To the constant interest and assistance of Mrs. Anna Allen Wright, my 

 wife, attaches much of whatever merit this paper possesses. She was on the 

 trip in 1922. In 19 12 she helped to carry part of my teaching in nvy ab- 

 sence, and in 192 1 purposed to be my associate. She has made the drawings, 

 mounted the plates and helped Dr. Francis Harper in the photography in 1922. 



Both in 192 1 and in 1922 Dr. Francis Harper was on the trip. He gave 

 intelligent interest in collecting material and notes and was my chief reUance 

 in the photography of the frogs in 192 1. In 1922 Dr. Miles D. Pirnie assisted 

 me in general, Mrs. Wright in plant collecting and identifications, and Dr. 

 Harper in the preparation of skins. 



At the American Museum of Natural History the particular species sought 

 on two different occasions were kindly placed at our disposal by Dr. G. 

 Kingsley Noble, Messrs. C. D. Pope and Wm. Hassler. At the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Dr. T. Barbour and Mr. A. Loveridge made my search 

 very expeditious and profitable. In the same way, several days spent on 

 material at the University of Michigan proved pleasant and of interest, 

 thanks to Dr. A. G. Ruthven, and Dr. F. M. Gaige, but particularly to Mrs. 

 Helen Thompson Gaige. To M. Graham Netting of Carnegie Museum, Pitts- 

 burg, Pa. also goes our indebtedness for favors deeply appreciated. 



PREVIOUS PERTINENT AMPHIBIAN EXPLORATIONS TO 1914 



In 1 9 13 we wrote the following general introduction to a contemplated 

 paper on 'The Biological Reconnaissance of the Okefinokee Swamp in Geor- 

 gia. The Amphibians. By A. H. Wright and Juha Moesel." It never was 

 pubhshed but excerpts from it appear throughout this work. In it the fol- 

 lowing introduction appeared. 



For several decades the state of Georgia has received very little herpe- 

 tological attention yet the history of North American batrachology proves it 

 to be one of the most important in the Union. The most recent pertinent 

 hst comes from the immediate southeast in Florida. In 1911-1912, Mr. 

 Richard F. Deckert collected the following Salientia near Jacksonville. 

 They are' 



*Ranapipiens *Hyla pickeringii 



Rana sphenocephala *Hyla squirella 



*Rana aesopus Hyla femorahs 



Rana clamitans Hyla cinerea 



Rana catesbiana Hyla gratiosa 



Rana grylio *Chorophilus nigritus 



Engystoma carolinense *Chorophilus occidentahs 



Bufo lentiginosus Chorophilus ocularis 



Bufo quercicus Acris gryllus 



' Deckert, R. F. Copeia No. 3, Feb. 19, 1914; No. 5, April 15, 1914; No. 9, Aug. 29, 1914. 



