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S. C. For about one year he searched for animals and plants along 

 the seacoast, and then journeyed up the Savannah River to Fort 

 Moore, where he continued to paint and describe the fauna and flora. 

 After nearly three years in Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, he departed 

 for the Bahama Islands, and later in 1726 returned to England. 

 Although Catesby in his "Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and 

 the Bahama Islands," 1731, frequently includes observations that 

 date back to the time of his visit to relatives in Virginia, the descrip- 

 tions and drawings were based upon animals actually observed on 

 the second visit. The bullfrog that served as a basis for the drawing 

 was no doubt captured somewhere in South Carolina, and the in- 

 clusion of observations on the habits of this frog in Virginia merely 

 indicates that Catesby 's knowledge of the habits of this species was 

 not limited to his field work in South Carolina. Therefore South 

 Carolina is here designated as the type locality for Rana catesbeiana. 

 Specimens examined. — Six, as follows: 



Rana catesbeiana 



RANA MONTEZUMAE Baird 



1854. Rana montezumae Baied, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 7, 

 p. 61. — Baird, 1859, Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary 

 Survey, vol. 2, Reptiles, p. 27, pi. 36, figs. 1-6. — Brocchi, 1882, Mission sci- 

 entifique au Mexique et dans I'Am^rique Centrale, recherches zoologiques, 

 pt. 3, sect. 2, p. 14, pi. 4, fig. 2.— Cope, 1889, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 34, p. 428, 

 fig. 109. — GtJNTHER, 1900, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Reptilia and 

 Batrachia, p. 197, Feb. — Boulenger, 1920, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and 

 Sci., vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 415, 431, Aug. 



1865. Rana adtriia Troschel, in Miiller's Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, 

 Canada, und Mexico, vol. 3, p. 616 (Mexico). 



1887. [Rana montezumae] concolor Cope, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 32, p. 20 (Guana- 

 juato, Mexico). 



Type locality. — City of Mexico, Federal District, Mexico. 



Range. — From Federal District (Mexico City and Lake Xochi- 

 milco), Mexico (Lake Chalco), and Vera Cruz (Orizaba) south through 

 southern Puebla (Chiguahuapan) to Tabasco; and from Guanajuato 

 (Guanajuato) south through Jalisco (Zapotlan) and Michoacan 

 (Tupataro) to Oaxaca (Tehuantepec). 



Remarks. — At least 16 frogs of this species were collected by Maj. 

 William Rich in the vicinity of the City of Mexico. One of these 

 (U.S.N.M. No. 3344) has been designated as the electotype in the 

 museum catalogue. According to the entry in the catalogue under 



