454 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



amined from Raleigh, North Carohna; Columbus, Georgia; Milton and Little 

 Sarasota Bay, Florida; Mobile, Ala.; St. Tammany County, La.; Hot Springs, 

 Arkansas; Cliff Cave and Butler County, Missouri; and Paris, Texas. It has 

 also been reported from Johnston and Wayne Counties, North Carolina, 

 Riceborough, Georgia; Clarcona, Lake Jesup and Micanopy, Florida; Green- 

 way, Arkansas; Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; New Madrid, Missouri; and 

 various localities in Texas; but most of the Texan localities are open to doubt, 

 this species probably being confused with E. texense." 



His conclusion (1908, p. 57) previous to his revision was that "The range 

 of this interesting batrachian was extensive, covering two-thirds of the State," 

 but in 1909 he credits most of the Gastrophryne to G. texense, a view with which 

 we with less experience in the State feel inclined to concur. 



Strecker (1915, pp. 46, 47) gives as its range in Texas "Eastern Texas south 

 to Victoria. Many of the published records for this species probably refer to 

 G. texense Girard, a smaller slenderer, paler, and more uniformly colored 

 animal with unspotted underparts. I have collected typical carolinense at 

 Cleveland, Liberty County, and have examined specimens collected at Paris 

 by Hurter, and Victoria by Mitchell. Miss Dickerson reports it from Hitch- 

 cock. Mr. Mitchell obtained only one specimen at Victoria, a locality in- 

 habited by both G. texense and G. areolata." 



In 19 1 2 only five adults of the narrow-mouthed toad were secured, but of 

 larval stages to transformation a large series was taken. 



GENERAL APPEARANCE 



Holbrook (1842, Vol. V, p. 23) gives this "Description. The general form 

 of this animal approaches the oval; the skin is smooth, the head remarkably 

 small and short, though large for the genus; its extent is marked by a delicate 

 fold of the integuments behind the orbits; its shape is triangular, the snout 

 being very pointed; the upper jaw is dark brown, the lower dark grey; the 

 mouth is inferior and minute." Boulenger separates it from E. ustum (two 

 metatarsal tubercles) with a "single metatarsal tubercle." "Snout rather 

 obtuse, not twice as long as the diameter of the eye" separates it from E. 

 elegans, E. ovale and E. microps. H. Garman (1892, p. 7,^7,) calls it "a small, 

 clumsy toad, with a very small head and disproportionately stout hind 

 limbs." 



C. S. Brimley (1907, pp. 157, 159) give its characters as "Upper jaw 

 without teeth. Skin smooth. Size small. Snout pointed. No parotoids .... 

 Hind feet not webbed." "Toothless Frog. Wake and Johnson Counties." 

 In 1926 (p. 81) the same author characterizes it as follows: "A transverse 

 fold of skin across neck just behind eyes, snout sharp, legs very short, un- 

 webbed. Size small, color dark." 



COLORATION OF SPIRIT SPECIMENS (191 2) 



In spirits the specimens are whitish or yellowish white below with a 

 prominent reticulation of brownish or grayish brown lines. Their color 

 scheme extends on the under side of the hind- and fore-limbs to the toes. 



