50 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



New Jersey to Georgia 

 . . . Rana virgatipes. 

 dd . Papillary border on side of labium without an emargination ; 

 tadpoles 23-50 mm. in length; labial teeth 2/3 or 2/2 . . 



Hylidae. 



e. Labial teeth 2/2; eye dorsal just inside the lateral out- 

 line in dorsal aspect (more like Ranids) eye i. 0-1.66 

 (av. 1.22) nearer tip of snout than spiracle; depth of 

 tail in length of tail 3.25-5.0, average 4.0; suborbital 

 region oblique not vertical; spiracle to eye usually equal 

 distance from spiracle to vent or base of hind legs; 

 spiracle plainly showing from dorsum; spiracular tube 

 in life stands out at an angle from the body and opening is 

 apart from the body proper; tail tip conspicuously black 

 (at times lost); papillary border does not extend above 

 the end of the upper fringe (Uke Rana) ; length of horny 

 beak in upper fringe of teeth i. 2-1. 3 5 times; Eggs 

 single, rarely a mass. 

 New York — Florida — Texas, up Mississippi Valley to 



Canadian Northwest Acris. 



ee. Labial teeth usually 2/3 (rarely 2/2) ; eye lateral, visible 

 from ventral as well as the dorsal aspect; eye i . o-i . 75 

 nearer the spiracle than tip of snout; depth of tail in 

 length of tail 1.6-4.4, average 2.1-3.55; suborbital 

 region vertical; spiracular tube in life parallel with body 

 and opening at inner edge closely connected with or 



near to body proper Hylidae exclusive of Acris. 



f . Labial teeth 2/2: 



g. Teeth occasionally 2/2; tadpole to 33 mm. 

 spiracle 2 . 0-2 . 6 nearer base of hind legs than 

 tip of snout, average 2.16; nostril to eye 2 . o in 

 nostril to snout; tail crests clear, heavily pig- 

 mented with purplish black blotches on the 

 outer edge ; no prominent dark lateral band with 

 a clear light band below; upper fringe not per- 

 ceptibly angulate in the middle; two rows of 

 papillae on lower labial border below second 

 lower row of teeth; median space between sec- 

 ond upper rows of teeth 2-3 in either lateral 

 row; ends of second lateral row extending be- 

 yond end of upper fringe for 1/4 to 1/6 of the 

 length of either upper lateral row; horny -beak 

 1 . 75-2 . 25 in length from one end of lateral row 

 to end of the other lateral row. Eggs, single, sub- 

 merged. Manitoba — New Brunswick, South 

 Carolina, Louisiana Hyla crucifer. 



