Near the edge of this field there was another small pond which presumably received drift from application. Dead animals observed were a cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), a cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), 2 watersnakes (Natrix rhombifera), a leopard frog (Rana pipiens), and many insects including a number of large hydrophilid beetles. Living green tree frogs, leopard frogs, and red-eared turtles were present. A similar case of mass mortality was observed 7 mi. SW of Morgan City, Leflore Co., Mississippi which involved large numbers of fish, snakes, turtles, frogs, and several egrets. Several living Acris crepitans were found. Fowler's toads were constantly encountered in treated cotton fields in the
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Edward Harrison Taylor (1963) studied this question.