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Title: Aquatic life
Identifier: aquaticlife219161917baus (find matches)
Year: 1916-1917 (1910s)
Authors: Bausman, Joseph E
Subjects: Aquariums; Fish culture
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. E. Bausman
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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Florida GopKer Frog DR. R. W. SHUFELDT, C M. Z. S.
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Figure 1. GopKer Frog (Rana oesopus). Natural size, from life This curious American frog was origi- nally described by Professor Cope and named Rana oesopus, receiving its ver- nacular name of Gopher frog from the habit it has of hiding in holes of the gopher tortoise, after the breeding sea- son is over, at which time it is of solitary disposition. In its range it appears to be restricted to the peninsula of Florida, having, up to recent time, been collected only at Micanopy, Clarcona, Orlando, Ozona, and Lake Jessup; as a matter of fact it is rather rare in collections. It undoubtedly occurs in numerous other localities, however; for, during the month of March, 1917, Mr. Nelson R. Wood, of the U. S. National Museum, collected a fine specimen at Auburndale, Florida, and sent it north alive. This individual was in my possession for a few hours, during which time I made three or four negatives of it; three of these have been reproduced to illustrate the present account (Figures 1-3). One of the peculiar characters of this batrachian are the several dark brown

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