Contributions to the Herpetology of Texas I. Frogs of the Genus Pseudacris
1936; University of Notre Dame; Volume: 17; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2420099
ISSN1938-4238
Autores Tópico(s)Animal and Plant Science Education
ResumoThis is the first of a series of contributions to the knowledge of the amphibians and reptiles of Texas. Beginning with the academic year of 19301931, when I was Professor of Biology at Trinity University (Waxahachie), data have been consistently gathered. Many collecting and observational tours have been made over the state, partly with the aid of grants advanced by Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Director of the United States National Museum, from the funds of the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, the extensive herpetological collection of the United States National Museum has been examined, through the permission of Dr. Leonhard Stejneger and with the assistance of Dr. Doris M. Cochran. I am also grateful to Mr. William J. Tucker, Executive Secretary of the Texas State Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission for permission (obtained through Dr. Wetmore) to seine and otherwise to collect aquatic life in the State in the interests of the United States National Museum. In the early part of the project specimens were widely disseminated, but the bulk of the collection is in the United States National Museum. The following comments deal with four species of false (or swamp) tree frogs of the getints Pseudacris. Judging from the available literature, it seems that one of these forms (P. ocularis) has not been taken perviously in Texas or in any place so far to the west.
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