2 54 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



Mississippi, the Messrs. Brimley wrote that it was the only one of the kind 

 observed among the large numbers that have passed through their hands. 

 Such individuals as these are readily distinguished from the faintly striped 

 specimens of Hyla evittata by the form of the muzzle." 



In 1 910 C. S. Brimley writes that "A single specimen resembling cinerea 

 but lacking the yellow line on the side, also came from here" (Bay St. Louis, 

 Miss.). He probably alludes to Miller's specimen. In 1915, Gronberger 

 writes of H. evittata as follows: "Efforts will shortly be made to secure speci- 

 mens of Hyla evittata Miller which are said to be very numerous in the ponds 

 between Mr. Palmer's farm and the Potomac River, and also to establish 

 whether Hyla cinerea coexists with or is not, as some claim specifically identical 

 with Hyla evittata.^' 



In 1924 (p. 60), G. S. Myers discusses some of his material from the Wil- 

 mington (N. C.) country thus: "In the 14 adults, six showed partial or total 

 lack of the yellow band along the jaw, side and tibia. Two were altogether 

 without these markings, appearing very Hke H. evittata Miller. The head 

 shape was typical of cinerea, as observed in other specimens from Florida and 

 Louisiana. In the opinion of some, the blunt head of evittata, described and 

 figured by Miss Dickerson (Frog Book, pp. 128-130, PI. LII) is not a good 

 character, and evittata is simply the unhanded form of cinerea. 



"With this view I cannot at present agree. Numerous times several of the 

 cinerea were in full cry in the terrarium and their call was very different from 

 that described by Miller for evittata. ..." 



In 1910 Brimley (p. 11) speaks of a "Hyla (sp.) Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 

 in January and February, 1901, several specimens of a tree frog with the 

 sharply defined side line of cinerea but with dark spots on the back like 

 squirella were received from this place. My notes state that they were ap- 

 parently a little stouter than cinerea and grayer in color." 



On June 14, 191 7, several of us (Professors H. H. Knight, P. A. Munz, 

 G. B. Upton and others) encountered this same mixture of characters. At 

 the time the writer had forgotten Brimley's experience but it immediately 

 came to mind when the variations began to appear. The rough journal note 

 runs thus: "At noon we stopped in a low woods near one of the bays between 

 Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis. On the saw palmetto leaves we found no 

 end of Hyla cinerea and Hyla squirella in all color phases. Believe Hyla 

 andersonii not so different. These creatures were on the saw palmetto leaves 

 or in the bases between two stems. In one place found two specimens, one a 

 brown phase and one a green phase. Some have a yellowish or orange color 

 on the posterior faces of thighs. Others have purplish. Some have a yellowish 

 line on lip and a few besides have faint yellowish line on side. Many have a 

 purplish area from nostril to femur along the side like Hijla andersonii only 

 not so distinct. Adult H. cinerea were often on the face of the leaf and on 

 upper side. Others were on the underside of the leaf. Sometimes in one 

 clump of 4 or 5 plants as many as 6 or 8 specimens were found. Often a fine 

 correspondence of brown specimens and brown leaves or green frogs with 

 green blades. In one clump one yellowish green on back, another dark greenish 



