Catalogue and journal, v1566
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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