weeks or months, as in the North, but frogs may 

 be heard singing in chorus, after heavy rains, dur- 

 ing the time mentioned above. I have found their 

 spawn, in shallow bayous, in February, March, 

 April, May, August and October. 



Bana wsopus, Cope, the " Gopher frog, 1 ' is a 

 silent frog, very shy and not often seen. Its call 

 is a loud, deep snore, and can be heard from late 

 February to the end of May. These frogs croak 

 only at night, and are then easily caught by the 

 light of a lantern. Outside of the breeding season 

 this frog frequents the burrows of the " Gopher 

 turtle," Testudo polyphemus, sitting at the mouth 

 of these burrows and vanishing into them at the 

 slightest alarm. Two or three frogs will inhabit 

 the same turtle-burrow. The one-year-old frogs of 

 this species I have repeatedly caught, wandering 

 from the high ground and its burrows into the 

 swampy meadows below, where the insect life is 

 more abundant. On being discovered, they will 

 not dash away with long leaps, like other frogs, 

 but squat close to the ground, motionless, like 

 some toads, and are then easily picked up. 



Bana clamitans, Latr., the " Fond frog," and 

 B. eatesbiana, Shaw, the common " Bull-frog," 

 frequent the borders of the larger creeks, also per- 

 manent smaller streams. They are not as common 

 here as in the North. Both differ from northern 

 frogs of the same species in having their under 

 sides much darker, some specimens being black 

 with a very few small whitish spots. 



Bana grylis, Stgr., is called the " Fig-frog," 

 owing to its loud grunting call, repeated three or 

 four times. This is a beautiful frog, closely related 

 to the common Bull-frog. It is one of the shyest 

 of all frogs, usually floating in water two or three 



