1 1 4 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



U.S.N.M., Nos. 29056-64, Apr. 3, 1901, adults, L. Kissimee, Fla., E. A. 

 Mearns. 



U.S.N.M., Nos. 49580-81, Apr. 16, 1912, Autaugaville, Ala. 



U.S.N.M., No. 46147, Apr. 20, 1892, Mobile Bay, Ala., R. J. Thompson. 



U.S.N.M., No. 46090, Apr. 23, 1892, Bay St. Louis, Miss., Mr. V. Bailey. 



One record is for March, 191 2, made by N. R. Wood at Auburndale, Fla., 

 (U.S.N.M. Nos. 48771-76). 



GENERAL HABITS 



Variation in color. Holbrook (1842, pp. 13, 14) characterizes this species 

 as follows: 



"The head above is dusky, with a yellowish central longitudinal Hne; the 

 superciliary ridges are grey, with a white mark in the centre; on each side of 

 this longitudinal line is an oblong spot, extending from it to include most of 

 the posterior part of the orbit of the eye; a small part only of the orbit in front 

 of this is light coloured; the upper jaw is light brown. 



"The back of the animal is dusky-brown, with a vertebral line of pale 

 yellow, marked with a few scattered small warts of reddish-brown colour; on 

 each side of this line are irregular black blotches, with here and there a sHght 

 tinge of reddish-brown; the back is covered with innumerable warts and 

 granulations, of variable size and colour, generally black, but the smaller ones 

 of dusky-red ; on each flank, and extending from the axilla downwards towards 

 the posterior extremity, is an oblong black blotch, bounded with white both 

 above and below. 



"The throat is dusky; the abdomen is silvery-grey, yellowish at the groins, 

 and with a pale tinge of yellow around vent. The anterior extremities, as well 

 as the posterior, are dusky-brown above, marked with black transverse bars 

 or spots; their inferior surface is coloured like the abdomen, except the fingers 

 and toes, which are reddish-brown". 



For coloration of our 191 2 material see topic Coloration in Spirits (1912), 

 also the topic Mating — Colour — Male and Female. They may be any shade 

 of grey, brown or reddish-brown or even be almost black. Loennberg 

 noticed that some of his material from Hillsboro County were redder. Ap- 

 parently his other material was grey or light brown. LeConte speaks of it as 

 "dusky with a few irregular black spots, many of the warts, particularly those 

 on the sides whitish or reddish ; a very distinct line of one of these colours runs 

 from the point of the nose along the vertebral column to the vent. Beneath 

 the body is granulate, white, more or less varied, particularly on the fore part 

 with black". Cope with his mistakes on this species we do not quote. Miss 

 Dickerson (1906, p. 104) gives a good colour description and accompanying 

 plate of the species. This species if it wishes can be as variable as Bufo 

 terrestris or Bufo americanus. 



General habits. Holbrook (1842, p. 14) held "it spends most of its time 

 in concealment under fallen leaves, or partially buried in the sand, from which 

 it is washed out by heavy rains". 



