Rana lurgatipes 435 



1922 Loding, H. P. Geological Survey of Alabama. Mus. Paper No. 5, pp. 20, 21. 

 1924 Myers, G. S. Copeia, June 30, 1924, No. 131, p. 60. 



1921 Ortenberger, A. I. Copeia, October 15, 1921, No. 99, p. 75. 

 1927 . Copeia, April-June, 1927, No. 163, pp. 46, 47. 



1919 Pope, Philip H. Copeia, December 31, 1919, No. 76, p. 97. 



191 8 Viosca, Percy. Jr. 3rd Biennial Rept. Department of Conservation Louisiana 

 April I, 1916-April I, 19 1 8, p. 160. 



1920 Wright, A. H. U. S. Bur. Fisheries Doc. 888, p. 23. 



1923 • Copeia, February i, 1923, No. 115, p. 34. 



1924 Wright, A. H. and A. A. Wright. Am. Naturalist July-August, 1924, Vol. LVllI, 

 P- 377- 



Rana virgatipes Cope 



(PI. Ill, Fig. 3; IX, Fig. 2; XI, Fig. 13; XIV, Fig. 4; XVI, Fig. i; XVII; XLII; XLIll; 



Text Fig. I, 14) 



COMMON NAMES 

 Sphagnum Frog. Carpenter Frog. Cope's Frog. 



RANGE 



Check list. "Range: New Jersey to North Carohna. Type Locahty: 

 Near Atlantic City, New Jersey." Stejneger & Barbour (191 7, p. 39). 



Supplementary records. The North Oarohna record no doubt referred to 

 Lake EUis records by C. S. Brimley (1906) 1907 ((1907, p. 159; 1909, p. 133) 

 and by J. Hurter (1907). Dunn (1918) reported it from Norfolk, Va. Wm. 

 Palmer in 1896 secured it at Lake Drummond, Va. Myers (Copeia, 1924, 

 p. 60) reported two from Wilmington, N. C. In 1922 (1923) we reported 

 the extension of its range from N. C. to Okefinokee Swamp, Georgia. In 



1922 our party found it and Hijla andersonii at Everetts Pond which is .75 

 or 1.5 miles from the N. C.-S. C. state line. In June 1920 W. T. Davis and 

 Dr. J. Chapin (1922, p. 74) recorded it at Southern Pines, N. C. about 

 35-50 miles northeast of Everetts Pond. Noble in 1923 (p. 422) remarks 

 "Why R. virgatipes has a more extensive range to the south than H. ander- 

 sonii it is impossible to say at this time." Previous to 192 1 one would have 

 held H. andersonii farther south at Anderson, S. C, and farther north 

 in N. J. (per Miller) than R. virgatipes. We found both near the N. C.-S. C. 

 state line (near Cheraw). I believe them more or less associates and confi- 

 dently expect H. andersonii to be found in Georgia. 



Local Okefinokee records. In 192 1 we recorded it first near Bear House 

 and Hurst Island (near Chesser Island) on July 12 and 13. In the ist and 

 2nd dreens or causeways between Chesser's Island and the mainland we heard 

 it from July 15-19 in the wooded swampy parts. Ten days later in a grassy 

 bay or head near Black Jack Island we heard it again. In 1922 we found it 

 around the borders of Chesser Island from June 21 until August 11. 



GENERAL APPEARANCE 

 A small frog with long narrow head, back brownish with four yellowish 

 or golden-brown, longitudinal stripes on the back. The under parts are yel- 

 lowish white with brown spots. The femur has alternating dark and light 

 stripes. 



