BATRACHIANS AND REPTILES FROM BRITISH 

 EAST AFRICA. 



BY SETH EUGENE MEEK. 



The batrachians and reptiles listed in this paper were collected in 

 1905-7 by the Museum's East African expedition in charge of Mr. C. 

 E. Akeley, assisted by Mr. Edmund Heller. This expedition was 

 engaged chiefly in collecting mammals and birds, and so the collection 

 of batrachians and reptiles is not large when compared with the great 

 amount of material obtained belonging to these two groups. The new 

 species of mammals have been described by Mr. W. H. Osgood,* who 

 has in preparation a full account of the entire collection. An anno- 

 tated list of the birds collected by this expedition was prepared by Dr. 

 N. Dearbornf and published by the Museum. 



I wish to express my thanks and obligations to Dr. G. A. Bou- 

 lenger for his kindness and generosity in identifying most of the species. 

 The British Museum contains a large collection of East African 

 reptiles, and these Dr. Boulenger knows better than does any other 

 person. 



Batrachians. 



Rana mascariensis Gunther. 



Nairobi. 38 mm., color dark with marbling on hinder part of 

 thighs; 38 mm., same as above but much lighter color on back. 



Athi River. 35 mm., uniform grayish, no definite marblings. 



Lake Elmenteita. 54 mm., light band on back, thighs marbled. 



Phrynobatrachus natalensis (A. Smith). 



Nairobi. 21 mm.; Lukenya, 23 mm. The specimen from Lu- 

 kenya differs from the one from Nairobi in having a much smoother 

 skin, and in the presence of a white dorsal stripe. 



Arthroleptis minutus Boulenger. 

 Nairobi-. One specimen, 19 mm. 



* Field Mus. Nat Hist. Pub. 141 and 143. Zool. Ser., Vol. X. Nos. 2 and 3, pp. 5-22. 

 t Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Pub. 135. Ornith, Sen, Vol. I., No. 4, pp. 141-190. 



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