General Discussion 



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18. Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook). The narrow-mouthed toad. 

 This subterranean species becomes abundantly evident when suitable 

 rains occur. Then its sheep-Uke bleat is heard frequently in the pine 

 barrens, edges of hammocks, etc. 



HYPOTHETICAL SPECIES TO BE EXPECTED OR 

 SOUGHT IN THE OKEFINOKEE REGION 



In view of the foregoing discussions there is more or less (sometimes 

 remote) likelihood of the following species being recorded near or in the 

 Okefinokee swamp. 



Bufo fowleri Hyla andersonii 



Pseudacris occidentalis Hyla avivoca 



Pseudacris ornata Rana catesbeiana 



Rana pipiens (see R. sphenocephala) 



In this paper the life history of Hyla andersonii is considered and a few 

 observations passed on Pseudacris occidentalis and Pseudacris ornata. The 

 life histories of the common forms Bufo fowleri, Rana catesbeiana and Rana 

 pipiens are omitted. For comparison with Rana virgatipes, the life history 

 of the northern mink frog (Rana septenirionalis) is incorporated. 



GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE OKEFINOKEE 

 SALIENTIA 



RANGE 



It would be natural not to expect truly tropical Floridan species such as 

 Scaphiopus holbrookii albus or Eleutherodactylus ricordii (West Indies — Gaines- 

 ville, Florida) in the Okefinokee swamp, yet on the Keys and in this southern 

 tropical region such Sabalian forms as Hyla squirella and Hyla cinerea and 

 Bufo quercicus occur. 



The Sabalian frogs comprise the bulk of the swamp's amphibian inhabi- 

 tants. About eleven species occur mainly in the Sabahan region. They are 

 all, with two exceptions, in the Swamp (I.O.) or outside (0.0.) The two 

 exceptions may later be found when better understood. 



