112 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



we could find no constant relative measurement of the above categories to set 

 one apart from the other. It seems that usually the breadth of these oak 

 toads in the length is 1.5-2.0 while with almost all of the small southern 

 toads of the same size the ratio is 2.0 or more, but this is not always absolute. 



(Recent Material) 



Head to angle of mouth 1.6 (20 mm.cf ) — 1.6 (28 mm. 9 ) — 1.5 (28 mm.cf ) 

 in width of head; head to rear of tympanum 1.14 — 1.07 — 1.24 in width of 

 head; head to angle of mouth 4.0 — 4.66 — 4.0 in length of body; head to rear 

 of tympanum 2.85—3.1—3.3 in length of body; snout .71— -75— -75 in first 

 finger; snout i.o — i.o — .75 in fourth finger; snout .43^-37 — -37 in first toe; 

 eye 1.4 — 1.33 — 1.14 in snout; eye .4 — .66 — .57 in tympanum; eye 1.0 — 1.0 — 

 .87 in first finger; tympanum 7.5 — 4.0 — 4.25 in intertympanic width; tym- 

 panum 3.5 — 2.0 — 2.0 in snout; internasal width 1.33 — 1.0 — 10. in upper 

 eyelid width; interorbital width 1.0 — .83 — .71 in upper eyehd width; inter- 

 orbital width .75 — .83 — .71 in internasal width; interorbital width 3.75 — 2.66 

 ■ — 2.4 in intertympanic width; 



Forelimb: Forelimb 2.0 — 2.0 — 1.93 in length of body; forelimb 1.9 — 1.85 

 ^1.8 in hind limb; first finger 2.2 — 1.66 — 1.66 in third finger; second finger 

 1.83 — 1.4 — 1.66 in third finger; second finger .83 — .86 — 1.0 in first finger; 

 third finger .45 — .70 — .70 in second toe; fourth finger 1.6 — 1.25 — 1.66 in 

 third finger; fourth finger .43 — .375 — .5 in first toe; internasal width 1.66 

 — 1.2 — 1.2 in first finger; internasal width 2.0 — 1.4 — 1.2 in second finger; 

 internasal width 3.66 — 2.0 — 2.0 in third finger; internasal width 2.33 — 1.6 

 — 12. in fourth finger. 



Hindlimh: length .95 — .92 — .92 in hind limb; tibia 2.87 — 2.66 — 2.8 in 

 length; tibia 2.7 — 2.5 — 2.6 in hind limb; tibia 1.42 — 1.33 — 1.45 in forelimb; 

 tibia .91 — .95—1.0 in hind foot; first toe 1.66 — 2.33 — 2.33 in second toe; first 

 toe 3.0 — 4.0 — 3.33 in third toe; first toe 4.0 — 6.0 — 6.0 in fourth toe; first toe 

 2.66 — 3.33 — 3.0 in fifth toe; second toe 1.8 — 1.7 — 1.43 in third toe; second toe 

 2.4 — 2.55 — 2.1 in fourth toe; second toe 1.6 — 1.4 — 1.3 in fifth toe; third toe 

 1.33 — 1.5 — 1.4 in fourth toe; third toe .9 — .83 — .9 in fifth toe; fourth toe 

 1.08 — I.I — 1.33 in hind foot; fourth toe 1.16 — 1.17 — 1.33 in tibia; fourth toe 

 1.66 — 1.56 — 1.9 in forelimb; fifth toe 1.5 — 1.8 — 1.7 in fourth toe; internasal 

 width 1.0 — .60 — .60 in first toe ; internasal width 1.66 — 1.4 — 1.4 in second toe; 

 internasal width 3.0 — 2.4 — 2.0 in third toe; internasal width 4.0 — 3.6 — 3.0 

 in fourth toe; internasal width 2.66 — 2.0 — 1.8 in fifth toe. 



HABITAT 



Holbrook (1842, p. 14) found that "This beautiful little species of toad is 

 mostly found about sandy places that are covered with a small species of oak 

 which springs up so abundantly where pine forests have been destroyed; 

 whence it is commonly enough called Oak Frog, which specific name I have 

 preferred". At this time he limited it to South Carolina and North Carolina 

 but in 1849 (Appendix, p. 15) he gives "Bufo quercicus — Oak Frog" as one of 

 the Batrachia of Georgia. 



LeConte (1855, p. 430) held it to be "Very common in Georgia in wet 

 places, under logs and pieces of wood". 



