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Thirty years later (1855) he gives 12 forms each of which "inhabits Geor- 

 gia" or the southern states. The five species which are not yet recorded in 

 the Okefinokee proper are^ 



Rana capito Hyla dehtescens 



Chorophilus nigrita Scaphiopus sohtarius 



Hyla versicolor 

 In 1832 to 1842 the ten volumes of Dr. Holbrook's epochal "North American 

 Herpetology'' appeared in two editions. Many of his Georgian specimens or 

 records came from Dr. Harden of Riceboro, Ga., or from J. Hamilton Coupe r, 

 of St. Simon's Island. The latter gentleman also knew the country south 

 of the Altamaha quite well. Dr. Holbrook gives 25 forms from Georgia or 

 from what might be termed more strictly eastern Georgia. The missing 

 species from the Okefinokee Swamp in 19 13 are^ 

 Rana pipiens Latreille 

 Cystignathus nigritus LeConte 

 Scaphiopus sohtarius Holbrook 

 Hyla squirella Bosc 

 Hyla dehtescens LeConte 

 Bufo americanus LeConte 

 Salamandra auriculata Holbrook 

 Salamandra quadrimaculata Holbrook 

 Salamandra quadridigitata Holbrook 

 Salamandra fasciata Green 

 Triton niger Green 

 Menopoma fusca Holbrook 

 Siren intermedia LeConte 

 Siren striata LeConte 

 Seven years later, 1849, the same author compiled a catalogue of the Batrachia 

 of Georgia and in addition to the forms given above he enumerates ten more. 

 They are^ 



Cystignathus ornatus Holbrook Salamandra biHneata Green 

 Bufo erythronotus Holb. Salamandra melanosticta L Gibbes 



Salamandra guttohneata Holb. Salamandra venenosa Bart. 

 Salamandra salmonea Storer Salamandra talpoidea Holb. 



Salamandra erythronota Green Bufo americanus LeConte 

 Most of the material which Cope had to examine from Georgia came from 

 the southeastern or southwestern districts of the state. In the southeast at 

 Riceboro or in Liberty Co., he had specimens collected by Major J. LeConte, 

 two forms by Dr. J. L. LeConte, three secured by Prof. S. F. Baird, several 

 by Dr. W. L. Jones and some not accredited to collectors. In the first group 

 (of Maj. J. LeConte) occur,^ 



"LeConte, J. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. Vol. VII, 1854, 1855, pp. 423-431. Phila. 

 1856. Read Dec. 25, 1855. 



^Holbrook, J. E. N. A. Herpetology. Vols. 4, 5. 1842. 



' White, Geo. Statistics of the State of Georgia: etc. Savannah. 1849. Appendix p. 15. 



8 Cope, E. D. The Batrachia of North America. Bull. U. S. N. M. No. 34. Wash. 1889, 

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