352 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



In its non-breeding behavior, (protection, food, etc.) it appears most 

 peculiar. It had to adapt itself to the arid pine barrens and sandy oak ridges 

 wherein the only common moist retreat for a non-burrower is the gopher 

 turtle hole. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 

 1920 Barbour, T. Herpetological Notes from Florida. Copeia July 31, 1920, No. 84. 



PP- 55-57- 



1886 Cope, Edward Drinker. Synonymic List of the North American Species of Bufo 



and Rana, with descriptions of some new species of Batrachia, from specimens in 



the National Museum. Am. Phil. Soc. Proc, Vol. 23, Dec. 1886, No. 124, pp. 514-526. 



1889 . The Batrachia of North America. Bulletin U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 34, 1889, 



PP- 1-525- 

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1914 Deckert, Richard F. Further Notes on the Salientia of Jacksonville, Fla. Copeia 

 April 15, 1914, No. 5, p. 3. 



1920 . Note on the Florida Gopher Frog. Copeia March 25, 1920, No. 80, p. 26. 



1906 Dickerson, M. C. The Frog Book, pp. 193-196. 



1914 Gaige, Helen Thompson. A List of the Amphibians and Reptiles Observed in Rich- 

 land County, Illinois, in May 1913. Copeia October 15, 1914, No. 11, p. 4. 



1923 Hallinan, Thomas. Observations Made in Duval County, Northern Florida, On the 

 Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Copeia February i, 1923, No. 115, 

 p. 11-20. 



1855 LeConte, John. Descriptive Catalogue of the Ranina of the United States. Dec, 

 18, 1855. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. VII, 1854, 1855, Phila. (1856), pp 



423-431- 

 1917 Shufeldt, R. W. The Florida Gopher Frog. Aquatic Life. August 19 17, Vol. 11, 



No. 12, pp. 153-155- 

 191 7 Stejneger, Leonhard and Barbour, Thomas. A Check List of North American Am 



phibia and Reptiles. Cambridge 191 7, pp. 1-125. 

 1923 Van Hyning, T. A Collecting Note on Florida Batrachians. Copeia May 20, 1923 



No. 118, p. 68. 



Rana clamitans Latreille 



(PI. Ill, Fig. 2; V. Fig. 11; VIII, Fig. i; XI, Figs. 3, 4; XIV, Fig. 7; XVI, Figs. 4, 5; XVII; 

 XXXVI; Text Figs, i, i6) 



COMMON NAMES 



Green Frog. Pond Frog. Spring Frog. Bullfrog. Bawling Frog. Yellow- 

 throated Green Frog. Belly Bumper. Bully. Screaming Frog. Black Frog. 



RANGE 



Check list. Range: Eastern North America. Canada to Florida and 

 Louisiana, west to Michigan, Illinois and Arkansas (Stejneger & Barbour 



1923, P- 35)- 



Supplementary records. (Not sought). 



Local Okefinokee records. We have taken this species on Billy's Island, 

 Chesser Island, Mixon Hammock, and in ponds along St. Mary's River and 

 in ponds beside the Folkston-Moniac road and in edge of cypress bay along 

 the eastern edge of the swamp. 



GENERAL APPEARANCE 



To the general lay it is a "yellowthroated bullfrog" and is usually confused 

 with its bigger congener, the bullfrog. In Copeia (1916, pp. 53, 54) R. F. 

 Deckert and Fowler 19 18 (Copeia, p. 84) reported a green frog which saw an 



