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Apopka, and Orlando. People digging in the "muck" find tbem fre- 

 quently in such soil, and I have taken them with my net in ponds and 

 small lakes. 



SIREN LACERTINA, L i n n fe u s . 



A man living at Oakland, Orange County, told me that he once had 

 taken two specimens of the '■'■ gray mud puppy" on hook and line in 

 Lake Apopka. I did not see any myself. 



EGA UD ATA. 



BUFO LENTIGINOSUS, Shaw. 



This is the most common toad in south Florida. It is seen in great 

 numbers about the houses and other places in the evening. In the 

 daytime it hides under old logs, boards, etc., at the shores of lakes 

 and other moist places. 



BUFO QUERCICUS, Holbrook. 



This is a very active little animal considering the fact that it is a 

 toad. It is seen in all kinds of places and at all times of the day, even 

 in the brightest sunshine, but especially after rain. I have seen it 

 very abundant on the dry sandhills about Oakland, Orange County, as 

 well as in the "llatwood" about Kissimmee, Osceola County, and in 

 Hillsboro County. The specimens from tlie latter place are a little 

 different, as the frontal ridges are less prominent, straight behind, and 

 the color of the back is redder. 



ENGYSTOMA C AROLINENSE, Holbrook. 



I have found this peculiar little animal under old logs, dry palm- 

 leaves and such things, near lakes and in moist places in Orange County, 

 for instance, in the pinelaud at Clarcona, and in the hammocks bor- 

 dering Lake Jessup. It is not very common. 



ACRJS GRYLLUS (L e Coute). 



In south Florida, along the borders of ponds and swamps, this frog- 

 is abundant though not commonly seen. All my specimens show the 

 triangular black spot on the head. The median dorsal stripe is always 

 reddish brown, and I have never seen it green. The posterior femoral 

 stripes are very conspicuous. The light stripe from the orbit to the axilla 

 is constant, but the other blotches are not always light bordered. 



HYLA SQUIRELLA, Latreille. 



I take this to be the most common Hyla in south Florida. My 

 specimens are from Hillsboro and Orange counties. 



