1898.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 101 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HERPETOLOGY OF SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.— I. 



BY DR. H. VON IHERING. 



In the State Museum under my administration, I have recently 

 arranged and studied collections of great scientific value illustra- 

 tive of the fauna of the State of Sao Paulo. 



Of the collections made in Brazil by T. Natterer, the mammals 

 and birds have been studied by the naturalist Pelzeln, of the Vienna 

 Museum, forming an important contribution to our knowledge of 

 the fauna of Sao Paulo. Of the other groups of vertebrates but 

 little is known. For example, our largest fresh water fish, the jahu, 

 has not been described. 1 



Concerning the reptiles and amphibians of Sao Paulo very little 

 is known. Boettger has mentioned a few species. 



In the present paper I offer a list of the reptiles of Sao Paulo, ex- 

 cluding snakes, of which, as well as of frogs, I have lately received 

 many species not yet determined. Of the following list two species 

 only, Prionodactylus and Heterodactylus, are not represented in the 

 collection of the Museum Paulista. 



OROCODILICffi. 



1. Caiman latirostris Dand. 



CHELYDID^. 



2. Hydromedusa maximiliani Gray. 



3. Platemys spixii D. & B. 



4. Platemys wagleri D. & B. 



This species was found at Piracicaba. The plastron is red. The 

 species seems to be a Platemys and not a Hydraspis. 



TESTTJDINLDJE. 



5. Testudo tabulata Walb. 



Called "Taboti."' I have had a living example, found in the 

 woods of this country. 



*I propose for this fish the name Paulicea jahu. A description may be 

 found appended to this paper. 



2 0. Boettger, Ueber eine neue Eidechse ans Brasilien, Bericht d. Senkenb. 

 nat. Gesellsch., Frankfurt a. M. 1875-'76, pag. 140-143 and PI. ; also Boettger, 

 Katalog der Keptilien Sammlung im Museum zu' Frankfurt a. M., 1893. 



