Hyla gratiosa 295 



stream." Just north of Screven, Wayne Co., Ga., the evening of June 11, 

 192 1, we heard Hyla gratiosa. In 1906 Miss Dickerson (pp. 124, 125) writes 

 "unfortunately this tree frog has an unusually limited range. It is very 

 rarely found outside of Florida." The last twenty years has extended its 

 range considerably. 



Local Okefinokee records. In 1 9 1 2 we wrote of this species as follows : "This 

 species was on hypothetical list and escaped us from May 30- July 15, 191 2. 

 Between July 15-Nov. 15, 1912, the Lees secured one fine male of the Florida 

 Tree Frog. LeConte (Cope '89, p. 379) had this from Riceborough, Ga., and 

 C. B. Adams (Cope '89, p. 379) took it in Georgia while Brimley's ('10, p. 11) 

 records came from Florida and Mississippi. The present record being inter- 

 mediate helps to bridge the gap between these two areas." 



In 192 1 we captured or heard it at Billy's Island, Chesser Island, Fargo, 

 south of Moniac in Florida, near Macclenny, Florida. In 1922 we recorded 

 it on Chesser's Island, near Starling Branch, on road from Chesser Island to 

 Folkston, along road Folkston to Moniac, and in the country generally from 

 swamp to St. Mary's River. It is scarce within the swamp, more common on 

 its outskirts outside the swamp. 



GENERAL APPEARANCE 



Brimley (1907, pp. 157, 158) characterized it as a large tree frog with no 

 X marks on back, no lateral stripe of yellow, no vermiculations, spottings, 

 variegations of yellow on rear of thighs, but with the feet edged with j^ellow. 

 Miss Dickerson (1906, p. 125) holds " Hyla gratiosa presents a pecuHar appear- 

 ance because of the even granulation of the upper parts. In this characteristic 

 of the skin it differs from all other North American Hylas. All others present 

 a surface either smooth and fine in texture, as in the case of the Green Tree 

 Frog ( Hyla cinerea) or rough with fine warts, as in the Common Tree Toad 

 {Hyla versicolor)." 



COLORATION OF SPIRIT SPECIMENS (1912) 

 The coloration of our first specimen of 1 9 1 2 : In spirits purplish brown on 

 the back with prominent darker elliptical or round spots. These may be solid 

 or with lighter centers or with a smaller yellowish spot on them. Tibia im- 

 perfectly barred while the bars of the thighs are on the anterior half of the 

 dorsal surface, the posterior half being plain with no bars or spots. Forelimbs 

 with two or three small dark spots on interior edges; fore-arm with two yellow- 

 ish or whitish bands along its posterior edge; upper labial stripe yellowish 

 or white. The specimen we have is a male and has the prominent vocal sac 

 area of the same color as the back, the breast fold being yellowish as on the 

 rest of the under parts. 



STRUCTURAL CHARACTERS 



(Based on our lone specimen of 191 2, we wrote these notes.) 

 Upper parts except arms and legs strongly granulate; under surface of 

 hindlimbs only granulate on posterior half of thigh, otherwise smooth; under 

 surface of arm, prominent breast fold and lower throat smoothish or slightly 



