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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[Mar., 



From September, 1892, to July, 1893, Prof. Einar Loennberg,^® 

 of University of Upsala, Sweden, was engaged in collecting in Florida 

 and his Notes, etc., published in 1895, proves one of the most 

 important herpetological papers on southeastern United States in 

 the last quarter of a century. He secured 30 species of snakes. 

 Nine of his 30 species are not represented in our collections, three 

 being genera peculiar to Florida, one, TantUla coronata, occurring 

 in Georgia as well, not being recorded, however, from the Okefinokee 

 Swamp, and five proving of the same assemblage as Bell's seven 

 (Gainesville) species missing from the Okefinokee Swamp, because 

 they are more especiall}^ dry pine land forms. 



The 21 species taken in the swamp represent a distinctly Austro- 

 riparian element which does not entirely shun moisture. The 

 collection of 165 individuals apportioned numerically among the 

 21 different species of snakes indicates very roughly the degree of 

 abundance on Billy's Island or its immediate environs. The list follows : 



Heterodon platyrhinus 38 



Ancistrodon piscivorus 16 



Thamnophis sirtalis ordinatus.. 15 



Coluber constrictor 13 



Lampropeltis getidus 13 



Tropidonotus taxispilotus 11 



Tha7nnophis s. sackeni 10 



Tropidonotus fnsciatus 10 



Lampropeltis doliatus coc- 



cineus 6 



Sistrurus miliarius 6 



Elaphe ohsoletus 6 



Opheodrys cestivus 5 



Farancia abacura 3 



Diadophis punctatus 3 



Crotalus horridus 2 



Elaphe guttatus :.... 2 



Storeria dekayi 2 



Storeria occipitomaculata 1 



Cemophora coccinea 1 



Crotalus adamanteus 1 



Haldea striatula 1 



None of Cope's (1900, p. 1207) four pecuhar snake genera {Stilosoma, 

 Seminatrix, Rhadinea and Liodytes) of the Floridan region enter the 

 swamp, and none of the Floridan sauria, unless the other limbless 

 lizard described by the Lees proves to be Rhineura. One lone speci- 

 men of Hijla gratiosa of the amphibians was taken, and, with the 

 birds, there is a Floridan tendency, but it is not very pronounced. 

 Of the above 21 snakes, Thamnophis s. sackenii of Cope's Floridan 

 snakes occurs in the swamp, and there are forms which might be 

 termed T. compressicaudus and T. f. pictiventris. 



The largest portion of the Okefinokee material in this report 

 represents the collection made by the Cornell University expedition 

 during the summer of 1912 (May 28-July 13). The party included 



28 Loennberg, Einar. Notes on Reptiles and Batrachians collected in Florida 

 in 1892 and 1893. Proc. U. S. N. Mus., Vol. XVII (1894). Washington, 1895, 

 pp. 317-339. 



