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J. Rodgers - 1939
Mrs. Vert. Zool., Univ. Calif., Berkeley,
Alameda Co, Calif
Sept. 22, 1939
Acc. 5951 (cont.)
Englewood, Florida
June, 1939
2296 Hyla squirella
2297 "
2298 "
Acc. no. 5955
These specimens were sent from Santa Cruz
alive, but died in transit. Superficially they
looked pretty good when they arrived, but
the smelled bad and the skin slipped
easily. One might be saved as is (unless I
can get more from them), and the others cleaned
and put up as stained skeletons.
Beg Creek, about half way between the
power house and the fish hatchery, 1 mi:
NNE Swanton, Santa Cruz Co, Calif.
Sept. 19, 1939 T.105, R.3W, 58
The small one (with a narrow fringe of gills)
was taken out of a spring which has
been cemented in and which has a
locked door over it. The spring is about
100' from the creek (water about 18" deep). The
other two were found between the spring
and the creek in about 1 1/2" of water. From
a letter from D. E. Rodgers, collector of these
specimens, I quote the following: "Roy