west shore of the pond. Bufo marinus : I collected by Sam Sweet on a spit of mud extending out into the lake. Has a charming chiruping - like release call which it gave frequently in the bag. 5 Bufo valliceps : I caught one, and Sam caught one. Jim Hunter caught two. The specimen I caught was near the water. 6-11 Rana berlandieri : I caught 6, Sam caught 12 and Jim Hanker got 2. Most of these were either in the water or at the edge of the water. Curiously the frogs, especially the larger ones of which several got away, hopped toward higher ground rather than toward the water. This may have been because the water snakes were in the shallows feeding. Many of the frogs are transforming (tails yet) or are recently transformed. Only a couple of really large frogs were seen and Jim caught one of these. 12 Natrix rhombifera : I caught one large one and Sam caught a second. I missed a smaller specimen. All three animals were hunting in the shallows at the west end of