2o6 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



types in 1850, yet five years later he omits, forgets or disregards them. Still 

 in fairness it must be said he does not mention the other three species of that 

 paper: Bufo halophila, Hyla regilla or Rana LeContei. 



In the Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas Hurter and Strecker record 

 Chorophilus occidentalis from "Hot Springs (Combs)". Strecker knows 

 Pseudacris ornatus and has contributed as much or more to its habits than any 

 one living but the Pseudacris occidentalis is doubtful. 



In December 1927 Mrs. Wright and I superficially examined the Pseudacris 

 ornata, P. occidentalis material of the U. S. National Museum. The material 

 of the latter species is generally rather old. A few tentative notes we made 

 were that No. 5905 C. occidentalis of Cope's identifications is P. ornata. 

 Some specimens from Florida labelled P. occidentalis are P. ocularis without 

 vitta. Some P. occidentalis collected by Hurter in Mississippi look to be P. 

 ornatus. Another specimen collected by J. Hurter from Waco, Texas, was 

 labelled Lithodytes latrans and proved to be Pseudacris ornata. This is a little 

 of the apparent mixed condition of Pseudacris with little good comparable 

 museum material. No hope comes except from considerable collecting and 

 field familiarity with the forms themselves. We have not yet begun a critical 

 study of P. ornata-P. occidentalis nor the P. nigrita complex but immediately 

 plan such a study. 



Since the above was written we remembered that C. S. Brimley (1910, p. 

 11) secured "Chorophilus occidentalis from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Feb- 

 ruary and April 1898, 5." and Chorophilus ornatus "Hastings, Florida, June 

 1901, i; Green Cove Springs, Florida, July, 1898, 5." He is the only person 

 to receive each from the Southeast. 



Pseudacris ocularis (Holbrook) 



(PL I, Fig. 7; IV, Fig. 6; V, Fig. 6; VI, Fig. 4; X, Fig. 8; XII, Fig. 8; XV, Fig. 8; XVII; 

 XXIV, Text Fig. I, 6) 



COMMON NAMES 

 Swamp Tree Frog. Swamp Cricket Frog. Little Chorus Frog. Tree Frog. 



RANGE 



Check list. "Type Locality: South Carolina and Georgia. Range: South- 

 eastern United States"— Stejneger & Barbour Check List (1923, P- 28). 



Supplemental records (or detailed account of records) . Outside of the Oke- 

 finokee parties from 1912-1922, the one student of Amphibia who has actually 

 known this species first hand and best is R. F. Deckert. Subsequently, Mr. 

 Jay A. Weber and others secured material for Dr. Noble and more recently 

 Mr. Vernon Bailey has taken it in Florida for the U. S. National Museum. 

 In 191 1 and 1912 R. F. Deckert (Copeia, 1914, p. 3) found it "abundant and 

 everywhere" ten miles south of Jacksonville. In 191 5 the same author (191 S> 

 p. 23) reports them "very numerous near Jacksonville" .... In 1920 he 



