Richard Franz, Judy Bauer and Tom Morris 



In 1956, Peter Drummond, an early member of the Florida Speleological 

 Society, collected the first specimens of Cambarus cryptodytes from 

 Climax Cave, Decatur County, Georgia, and Horst R. H. Heineman 

 obtained specimens of what Hobbs initially identified as Procambarus 

 pallidus {=Procambarus orcinus) at Clay Sink (probably Gopher Sink) 

 in Leon County, Florida. Richard D. Warren was active with the 

 Florida Speleological Society between 1956-1965. He contributed specimens 

 of Procambarus lucifugus X alachua from Roosevelt Cave in 1960; 

 Procambarus erythrops from Hildreth Cave in 1962; and Troglocambarus 

 maclanei from Indian Cave in 1962. He also collected specimens of 

 Cambarus cryptodytes in 1961 and 1963 at Climax Cave, the type 

 series of Asellus {=Remasellus) parvus from Ten Inch Cave in 1962, 

 and with Bousfield the type series of Crangonyx grandimanus from 

 Indian Cave (Marion County) in 1962. Gerard M. Miller and Warren 

 were the first to discover Haideotriton wallacei in Florida. They initially 

 recovered specimens from Gerard's Cave in Jackson County in 1957 

 (Pylka and Warren 1958), and later found this salamander in Judge 

 Cave and Washed-out Cave in Florida and at Climax Cave in Georgia 

 (Warren 1961). Additional specimens from Climax Cave were secured 

 by Alberta Etters (Smith) and Vernal Harkness in 1960. A brief list of 

 cave-associated vertebrates (without specific localities) was provided 

 by Pylka (1957). At the same time. Dale W. Rice and William L. 

 Jennings were investigating the distribution and ecology of cave bats, 

 particularly in the Marianna area (Jennings and Layne 1957; Jennings 

 1958; Rice 1955fl, 1955Z), 1957). 



Biospeleologists John E. and Martha R. Cooper visited Richard 

 D. Warren in 1964-1965. The Coopers obtained specimens of Procambarus 

 acherontis in 1964 and 1965 at Palm Springs. The initial specimens 

 were netted from aquatic vegetation in the spring pool; a second 

 series was acquired from the pool by the property manager of the 

 spring property and given to the Coopers when they returned to Palm 

 Springs in 1965 (Cooper 1965^). With Warren, they also visited Goat 

 Sink, Protheroe Sink, and Still Sink where they obtained samples of 

 troglobitic crayfishes (Cooper 19656). 



Frank Hurt retrieved the first record of Cambarus cryptodytes 

 from the cave at Waddell's Mill Pond in 1965. S. B. Peck made a 

 collection of Procambarus pallidus at Warren Cave in 1965. This 

 appears to be the first collection of the species from Warren Cave 

 since Hobbs' original specimens. Notes associated with the collection 

 indicated that the cave had been dry for 4 years prior to his finding 

 them. Peck also obtained specimens of Cambarus cryptodytes at Climax 

 Cave (Hobbs 1981) and two new staphylinid beetles at Miller's Cave 



